A heart transplant can have some unexpected outcomes for the recipient. I was thirteen before I realised what an utterly selfish, attention-seeking woman my mother was. My father was her opposite, a gentle, mild-mannered soul who avoided all confrontation. If mother were opposed, she’d have a ‘funny turn’ and dad would acquiesce. Traditionally, we spent Christmas at Grandma’s house. On
» Read more“You can’t be serious?” The captain’s face was flushed with fury. “It’s an expedient manoeuvre but it could work. We’ve nothing to lose now have we?” Jack glanced over the port quarter and saw 22 wooden lifeboats full to capacity bobbing on the choppy ocean.
» Read moreWish her happy birthday… Today I have turned one. I still remember the day I was born. I opened my bleary eyes and looked around. Like other newborns, I didn’t cry. But everybody else did. My eyes darted from one person to another in the hospital room. The void within me was spreading like wildfire. Suddenly, my hand jerked back
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