Pick Me Up! Special

LUCKY 14

Walking quietly around the room, paintings were scattered all over the walls.

Working at an art gallery in Windsor, my day would always be pretty busy.

Organising displays, welcoming guests, and lots of paperwork.

And coming home meant a chaotic evening of packing crockery into cardboard boxes.

I just didn’t have time for anything else.

Usually, I would like to keep fit, attending a police athletics club in the week, and dreaming of my next skiing trip.

Only, with a big move on the cards, using marker pens and Sellotape became my new hobby!

Me and my husband Sam, were getting ready to move into a bigger property, with the intension of finally starting a family together.

After being married for under a year, in 2012, we were excited to welcome a little one.

‘I think it’s time that we start trying,’ I excitedly squealed to Sam.

It was a conversation we had discussed before, but we were now in a better financial

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