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A LOVE LIKE NO OTHER

‘We could provide a safe home’

Emma Lloyd, 52, lives in Somerset with her husband Geoff, 63, their two children and their foster child, and is author of The Little Red Dragon (£8.99, tracebridgepublishing.com).

When I was in my 20s, I never gave much thought to having children. I had a fulfilling career in the Royal Air Force, and loved being able to spend my free time travelling and riding my motorbike.

But when I was 34, I realised that I actually did want to be a mother and before long I welcomed my son. Holding him in my arms for the first time,

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