Roller skating along the promenade, I laced hands with my six-year-old granddaughter Rose and we spun around to face the other direction. ‘Here we come!’ I called out to my grandson George, four, as he waited for his turn.
After an hour on our skates, it was time for ice cream with as much sickly sauce and as many chocolatey toppings as their hearts desired. Of course, that always got me in trouble with their mum but, for me, this is what being a granny is all about.
It was early evening in December six years ago when the phone rang. My daughter Lucy’s voice sang out with pure joy, ‘Mum. We’ve got a little girl!’
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