TRUR-LIFE
Lyvona Muchekesi, 44, Rotherham
Rifling through my make-up bag, my daughter Deborah, then 6, pulled out a shiny tube and flipped open a compact mirror.
Staring at her reflection, she splodged on pink lip gloss… loads of it!
‘Beautiful,’ I winked.
‘Now I look like you, Mummy,’ she giggled.
It was summer 2023 and Deborah was super girly.
Twirling in tutus, tottering in my high heels.
And playing ‘beauty salons’ with the contents of my make-up bag!
She brought sunshine into the home we shared with the rest of our family, her dad, Crispen, then 56, and our older kids, Denford, then