Smiling at the teenage boy in front of me, I took a deep breath. ‘What do you think of the saying, “Life wasn’t meant to be easy’’?’ Fred, 15, asked me.
‘Well, life throws curves in your way. You’ve got to get round them,’ I laughed.
‘I couldn’t have children for years, so I adopted two, and then had a surprise baby years later. That was 45 years ago.’
‘Now I know how old you are!’ Fred laughed.
Looking up at the cameras for the TV show, , I felt happier than I had in years.