There's no doubt that relationships do suffer when circumstances change profoundly.

I had spent my whole life feeling homesick. The only difference between the two of us was that I didn't know what or where home was.

When God closes one door, He slams another in your face

The best anyone can do is breathe in, breathe out and wait for it to pass.

Baking makes me focus. On weighing the sugar. On sieving the flour. I find it calming and rewarding because, in fairness, it is sort of magic - you start off with all this disparate stuff, such as butter and eggs, and what you end up with is so totally different. And also delicious.

You will go on and meet someone else and I'll just be a chapter in your tale, but for me, you were, you are and you always will be, the whole story.

It was only when the salt water of my tears ran into my cuts and made them sting that I discovered I was crying.