Sisters share the scent and smells... the feel of a common childhood.

One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home.

Bears being sent through the mail should never be squashed up to make them fit. It gives them indigestion.

The baby rises to its feet, takes a step, is overcome with triumph and joy - and falls flat on its face. It is a pattern for all that is to come! But learn from the bewildered baby. Lurch to your feet again. You'll make the sofa in the end.

Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.

Loss leaves us empty - but learn not to close your heart and mind in grief. Allow life to replenish you. When sorrow comes it seems impossible - but new joys wait to fill the void.

Love is to understand, at last, the suffering of another.