Pick Me Up!

A TRUE MONSTER

Trying my best to get a word in edgeways, I had a chatterbox on my hands.

With my daughter Liz, now 16, interested in all things makeup and dolls from a young age, from the day she started talking she didn’t stop.

Something that me and her dad Phillip, now 61, had to get used to.

Despite splitting up when Liz was just 13 months old, with our relationship not always a healthy one, I made sure that Liz would go and see her dad as often as she could.

Only, with a bubbly personality and plenty of friends, our girl was always on the go, looking for adventure.

Whether that meant birthday parties or spending time at sleepovers, Liz’s calendar was always busy.

However, she loved spending time with me and her dad.

By the age of 11, in May 2017,

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