To the woman who opened her arms to me…

By |2026-06-12T07:52:35+01:00June 12th, 2026|Categories: Family, Midlife, Project Happier, Relationships|Tags: , |

There's a particular kind of woman who heads a family and you only really see her properly once she's gone. Mal's mum died on the 26th of May. Her name was Delia, Delia Mary Garnett, born O'Connor in Gateshead in 1942 and as a family we officially say goodbye to her today. It's been hard to put this post together because how do you write about a woman who never struggled to know what to say herself? I'm not [...]

Summer wardrobe over 50 – the tricks that reshape your silhouette

By |2026-06-05T16:49:37+01:00June 5th, 2026|Categories: Style|Tags: , , , |

I want to say thank you for all of the thoughtful messages that you've left in the comments, in emails and via social. Realistically I'm not going to manage to reply to you but we've read them all and they've meant the world - especially to Mal. It's only a few months since I was having a clearout and came across all the cards that I was sent when my mum and dad died. I remember it being a [...]

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