Last summer with my boyfriend Richie. We had no plans – it was just wonderful.
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When my three kids were born.
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View all 577 →I remember going to my auntie Pauline’s house in winter when I was eight or nine and she made me a roast beef sandwich. I ate it and fell asleep next to a fire. I felt like a cat, fed and left to nap.
Right now and when I was pregnant and when my children were very young.
Sunday mornings with my parents when I visited from college.
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View profile →I cry when I'm happy, I cry when I'm sad. I cried the other night watching some family getting back together on some documentary.
Losing my mum when I was 28.
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