Why friends are important….

Why friends are important….

There have been two times in my life when I’ve been a single mother; once when I was 31 with one child and then again, many years later, having had three more children. Both times I’ve been devastated and poleaxed at the ending of my relationships – breaking up is...
Love and why it is important

Love and why it is important

By Lucy Cavendish This time a year ago, I had no idea what was about to happen in my life. I was a single parent with four kids and dating a man I’d met three years previously through mutual friends. The first time we went out on a date, he took me to one of my most...
Agony Aunts interviewed

Agony Aunts interviewed

https://happiful.com/meet-the-agony-aunts-bel-mooney/ BEL MOONEY Who do you work for? My advice column appears every Saturday in the Daily Mail, over two pages, with a potential readership of around six million. It consists of two letters, a very personal side column...
Is single parenthood easier?

Is single parenthood easier?

SINGLE MOTHERHOOD IS EASIER I am sitting with my friend Annabel having dinner together, our eldest sons, hers aged 13, mine15, are at the table. They are talking away to each other discussing the latest films to come out. Annabel and I are watching them. Then Annabel...