Her life up in smoke
Jun 03, 2021
4 minutes
Kerry Head, 50, Derby
Holding my hands up to admire my manicure, I grinned.
‘Shall I paint yours?’ I asked my little girl Emily, then 6.
‘We’re not allowed to have nail polish at school,’ she shrugged.
‘Just a clear one?’ I suggested.
‘No, Mummy, I’ll get into trouble.’
I smiled.
She was stubborn as anything, my Emily, a stickler for the rules.
While her big brother was often getting told off, she was rarely in trouble.
Chalk and cheese they were, but close as anything.
By their teens, they were going on nights out
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