Suffering in silence
Jul 22, 2021
3 minutes
Sharon Burke, 59, Leeds
After clearing the dishes one evening in October 2007, I was ready to enjoy some time with my son James, then 11.
‘Fancy a film?’ I asked.
‘You pick,’ James grinned.
It’d always been just me and James.
He’d been born eight weeks premature in November 1995, and suffered from asthma.
But while I worried, James coped well.
A busy bee, he was always playing his beloved rugby league, or knocking about with his mates.
Meanwhile, I juggled work as a regional coordinator around
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