Mother pangs

A delicious rare hour of family life this morning. Like Goldilocks. We all ate porridge round the kitchen table before work whisked me away and Squidge and Angus went to Longford Park.

Spotted Upsy Daisy at MediaCity and it floored me. I can be going about my work day in Manchester or London or wherever - and something suddenly reminds me of Squidge and I instantly fall apart. My stomach lurches and I get pangs. It's an actual physical pain. I miss her that much in that instant. Motherhood eh? We are changed forever.