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Whether it’s fi nding a fi fth

husband 32 years her junior,

doing a job she loves, eating

well, keeping fi t or relaxing at

one of her four homes

around the world, Joan has

certainly found the key to eternal

youth. It’s not surprising then that big

fashion and beauty names have

been glad to have Joan on

board – no one could have

written her most recent book,

The Art of Living Well: Looking

Good, Feeling Great, with

more authority than someone

who shows that advancing

years can still mean turning

heads everywhere you go.

Having an extra candle on the

cake won’t mean a thing!

✤ Cher, who restyled

herself as a solo star

without Sonny, is 64

on May 20.

✤ Julian Clary, our

favourite Lord of

the Mince, is 51 on

May 25.

✤ Clint Eastwood,

the craggiest smokin’

gun in the west, is 80

on May 31.

Also celebrating this fortnight…

Happy birthday… Joan Collins May 23, 1933

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teeny-tiny pony. He’s so dinky,

he’s just tall enough to nuzzle up

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At least he can say he’s tallest

out of the bunch.

The gorgeous miniature

pony was born at the Original

Miniature Pony Centre in

Dartmoor and measures a

mere 20in high. The foal was

named Oberon after the King

of the Fairies character in A

Midsummer’s Night’s Dream,

because he was born just

before Shakespeare’s birthday

on April 23. But tiny as he is he’s

not the world’s smallest pony.

That honour belongs to Einstein

from New Hampshire, in the US

who is just 14 in high.

the pint-sized pony

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– little Oberon

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Chillies help you slim✤ Did you know that eating chilli

peppers could actually help you

slim? Scientists claim that they can raise

our metabolism and burn fat. Researchers

from the University of California found

that the heat generated by the peppers can

‘oxidise’ layers of fat. Scientists began their

investigation after studying the ability of chillies

to make people sweat and began to wonder if they

could help as part of a diet. They found that eating

chillies raises the metabolism for several hours after

eating them. So next time you tuck into a curry just think

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✤ To Scottish great

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for proving you’re never too old to hit the bigtime. Aged 80, Janey wowed the judges and audience in Britain’s Got Talent with a fabulous rendition of No Regrets earning a place in the next round. Simon Cowell declared there were 3,003 yeses – but add another vote from the Yours team, too. The retired cleaner swept us all off our feet.✤ To researchers for discovering more about the amazing health-giving qualities of olive oil. Spanish boffi ns have revealed that the oil has the ability to ‘switch off’ genes that infl ame conditions ranging from heart disease to arthritis. Packed with omega-6 fats, the oil has long been known to help combat infl ammatory conditions. Here’s to staying well oiled!

✤ To supermarket self-

checkouts. Sainsbury’s is set to replace hundreds more of its manned check-outs with self-scan tills saying it will mean fewer queues. The idea is that shoppers buying a few items can self-scan rather than queue for a normal till. But have you watched helplessly as people with trolleys piled high scoot through on the manned tills while you wait for an assistant to sort out a malfuctioning self-scanner? Enough of so-called effi ciency – it’s a trolley bad idea.✤ To a helpline for letting down pensioners trying to get a vital boost to their state pensions or sort out tax code blunders. Many people ringing the HM Revenue and Customs helpline are being told to call back or put through to an answering machine. Pensioners deserve better – not a hopeless helpline.

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Britain’s youngest couple

to celebrate their golden

wedding anniversary. Fifty years ago Leslie (66)

and Jim Black (67) eloped to Gretna Green when they were just 16 and 17 after a row erupted with their family over the union. Leslie’s mother did not approve and tried to stop the marriage, so the pair ran away to Gretna Green. Now 50 years on Mr and Mrs Black have defi ed their critics and celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with family and friends.

Springwatch is back✤ The Springwatch team will be

back on our screens at the end of

the month, to follow a variety of

wonderful wildlife.

Join Kate Humble, Chris Packham and Simon King as they bring the magic of the natural world to our screens. They’ll be using their state of the art cameras to fi lm the fascinating private lives of our best-loved animals. Life, death, love and drama are all guaranteed as we witness the remarkable behaviour of nature.

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says Leslie. “But we’ve always loved each other.”

They have three children, 11 grandchildren

and two great-grandchildren and say the secret of their happy marriage is simply, being in love.

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Fern wants to help you. Fern is currently looking

for people over 60 to appear on a friendly dating

game in the in the 5 0’ Clock show. The winning couple will be

go on a special mystery date together before catching up with

Fern to see how they get on. For more details contact Steve

Roe, assistant Producer of The 5 O’clock Show on 0207151

0096 or email [email protected]

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Making a point – fern joined forces with Philip

Schofi eld again to present Mr and Mrs

By Alison James

Can you believe it’s more than a year since Fern Britton presented her last This Morning? At

the time she said she was leaving because she was exhausted and wanted to spend more time with her family – TV chef Phil Vickery and her four children. “My plans are to create a vegetable garden, play the piano, paint, cycle, learn to speak Italian and follow other dreams,” she said at the time. “I want to be mistress of my home and cook wholesome food for the children while smiling, instead of being tired.”

Fern has doubtless achieved all this, but at the same time she seems to have discovered a fresh new confi dence and vitality. Since leaving This Morning she has found time to pen a best-selling autobiography, Fern – My Story. She’s also sat in for Jeremy Vine on his radio show and for Paul O’Grady on his Channel Four show, guested on game show As Seen on TV and presented All Star Mr and Mrs with ex This Morning colleague Phillip Schofi eld. And now she’s about to present Channel Four’s new live teatime 5 O’Clock Show, fi lling the Paul O’Grady slot.

Although Fern will initially be presenting the show for two weeks – other ‘guest’ presenters include Lenny Henry and Kirstie Allsop – it’s rumoured that she’s the frontrunner to take over permanently. It’s been mooted that Fern’s reasons for continuing

to work are fi nancial – after all, it must have been hard saying goodbye to the permanent six fi gure salary she received on This Morning – but it seems it’s more about love than money.

“I’m still working because I love what I do,” she says. “But now it’s different. I’m more in control. These days, I’m always there at one end of the day for the children. Since I’ve given up This Morning, I get them up and breakfasted, and do the school run. I’m often there in the evening, too, with supper cooking

and everything, so I don’t think they miss me. My family life is very happy, very settled, and I know I’m very, very lucky being able to do what I do for a job.”

So it seems that one of the secrets to the rejuvenated Fern could be her reprioritising and coming off the daily TV treadmill.

Certainly Channel 4 are delighted she’s agreed to join the 5 O’Clock team. “Fern’s a natural choice for the show,” says a Channel Four insider. “She’s considered to be the perfect replacement for Paul. The viewers love her because she’s so bubbly and charismatic, and, like her predecessor, she’s not reliant on the autocue. She has a gentle, off-the-cuff humour which is perfect for teatime TV.”

She certainly has. But she’s also developed another skill, achieving something of a reputation as a political interviewer and a force, within heavyweight circles, to be reckoned with. Since Tony Blair admitted to her on her BBC series of interviews

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when she approached roundabouts and would drive for miles to avoid them. “I was a competent driver but I became worried because many drivers today don’t bother indicating when they’re turning off,” says Sue, who’s disabled and wheelchair-bound.

“When I learnt to drive 30 years ago it was fantastic, like having a pair of legs again. But then my health deteriorated and it was easier to let my husband Tony take over.”

Gina too allows her husband Pete to do most of the driving and this, says AA President Edmund King, could be the main problem. “Many people find their confidence goes when they don’t drive as often as they used to,” he says. “They worry more when they do venture out, thinking, ‘what if that truck pulls out in front of me? Or ‘what if I can’t find somewhere to park?’”

Gina admits to doing both of these. “I’ve been known to just drive straight home if I can’t find a parking space,” she says. But help is at hand. The AA Charitable Trust has recently launched a scheme

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By Kate Corr

Gina Sinclair used to love to drive. Forty years ago she thought nothing of stepping into her black and red

Mini and heading off to Devon to visit friends. “I was so confident,” recalls Gina, from London. “I just got in and drove.”

But not any more. For Gina, like thousands of other women over 50, driving is no longer a pleasure, but an ordeal. A combination of busier roads, more aggressive drivers and – it has to be said – over-active imaginations, has driven many women who used to be confident drivers to abandon their cars, or to stick to short, familiar routes.

“I only drive to work and local shops now,” says Gina (63). “I get so angry with myself, because I’m physically and mentally a very strong person, so why can’t I be strong enough to drive like I used to?”

Gina’s main dread is motorways – and it’s not hard to see why. When she passed her test in 1966 motorways were few and far between and road rage hadn’t been invented. “As the years went by and motorways got busier I began to think, ‘oh, I don’t like this any more! I want to get off!” she says.

Until recently, Sue Cooper (64) felt the same anxiety

Many women over 50 admit that when

they get in the driving seat they aren’t

as confident as they used to be. But a

new nationwide scheme promises to

change all that…

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called Drive Confident which offers free refresher driving lessons with qualified instructors to anyone who feels the need. “Millions of drivers fit into this category so there’s no need to be embarrassed,” says Edmund King. “We find it’s often very easy to reassure nervous drivers and help bring back their confidence.”

Sue has already taken advantage of the scheme, although she admits to being ‘very, very scared,’ when her instructor

decided to tackle her fear of roundabouts head on. “He

took me to the worst roundabouts he could

find,” she laughs. “He said, ‘if you can do these,

you can do any of them,’ – and I did! It

gave me such a lift. I’m driving two or three times a week again.

People don’t realise you’re disabled

when you’re driving, it’s so freeing.”

Gina too gained a ‘tremendous amount’ from her lessons and the birth of her second

grandchild has made her even more

determined to beat her fear.“I want to play a big part in my

grandchildren’s lives,” explains Gina. “To do that, I’ll have to get used to driving to their house in Kent on my own. It means going on a motorway and I’m absolutely dreading it, but I will do it because Albert (2) and newborn Rosie May mean the world to me.”

5 most common driving fears… and how to conquer themD motorways

D new routes

D roundabouts and slip roads

D driving at night

D driving in bad weather

D Be positive – remember how

confident you used to be? Start

telling yourself you can and will

get that confidence back.

D Be specific – identify the

particular aspects of driving that

cause you anxiety. Why do you

think this is? What could you do

to help yourself?

D read the Highway code

again – being on top of the

theory will help boost

your confidence

and stop you from

worrying that you’re

doing something

wrong. The Highway

Code is online at

www.direct.gov.uk

and there’s lots of

general motoring

advice at www.

theaa.com. The College of

Optometrists also offers

information on night vision. Call

020 7 8396000 or visit

www.college-optometrists.org

D Book a refresher driving

course – asking for help will

make you feel like you’re taking

control and putting yourself

on the path to tackling your

fears . See details of the free

AA course below or look in

your telephone directory for

local driving schools which

also offer refresher courses,

some even combine them with

hypnotherapy to help you relax.

D drive as often as you

can – the more practice you get,

the more your confidence will

grow as you regularly confront

the source of your fears.

D apply for your free drive

confident course by calling

0800 009 4756 or going

online at www.theaa.com/

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LunchBaked potato with cottage cheese, ham and pineappleTop one medium baked potato (150g/5oz) with 3 tablespoons of low-fat cottage cheese, 80g (31⁄2oz) of chopped pineapple, one slice of chopped honey roast ham and some mixed salad leaves. Serve with an apple.

BreakfastBoiled egg on toast with

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DinnerSesame beef stir fryHeat 1 teaspoon of olive oil in a non-stick frying pan or wok and then add 100g (4oz) of diced lean beef. Stir-fry for 1-2 minutes to seal, then add one clove of crushed garlic, half a pepper, sliced, 80g (31⁄2 oz) of small broccoli fl orets, two sliced spring onions and a tablespoon of water. Stir-fry for a further 3 minutes, then add 2 tablespoons of oyster sauce and 1 tablespoon of sesame seeds. Allow to heat through and serve with 40g (11⁄2oz) noodles (dry weight) cooked as per pack directions.

SnackRye crispbread with turkey and tomatoTop two slices of rye crispbread with four slices of wafer thin turkey and one large tomato sliced. Serve with 100ml (4fl oz) glass of semi-skimmed milk.

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Hello folks! We feel very lucky to have such a small dog. Once round the local park with a growled

greeting to any animal smaller than her (shrews, ladybirds, ants) and she’s had enough (and so have I). The other week we rounded a corner to be confronted by a pack of a dozen leggy greyhounds and their owners. Knowing how much these whelps had cost me on youthful visits to Wimbledon Dog Track, I growled at them. Our dog, Bella, sort of smiled at them – a fi rst!

I thought, ‘they’ve lost their way – you have to turn right for Walthamstow Stadium’, but these beauties were destined never to race after the hare again. They were all retired and, at last, part of human families who love and cherish them.

Of course, Bella ran away, but the greyhounds didn’t take up the chase – they just yawned and carried on leaning against their minders. I asked one chap if the dogs were on drugs. “No,” he said, “They’re always like this.”

A couple of weeks later and, at a local garden fair, we saw, another half dozen greyhounds, and their minders, promoting an organisation called The Retired Greyhound Trust. The Trust exists to fi nd good homes for greyhounds whose racing days are over. This doesn’t mean they supply ancient old dogs. No, most racers retire

at three to four years old and still have lots of years and fun in them. Chatting to the lady in charge I learned so much more about these much-loved mutts.

She assured me they are the ultimate low-maintenance pets.

These animals (the seventh fastest mammal on earth), although great sprinters, can only manage short bursts. They are essentially lazy and most of them like lying in their beds and are perfectly happy with just a couple of short walks a day.

“I know the feeling,” I muttered. “Yes,” said the lady looking at me, “Not wanting a lot of exercise makes them ideal pets for elderly folk.” She was lookingat Debbie when she added,“They’re particularly good with children too.”

All the owners I’ve spoken to are full of praise for these canine couch potatoes. They raved about

The entertainer and Yours columnist has

a chance doggy encounter and ponders a

new addition to the Hudd home

their compatibility with cats and, without exception, all said how loveable, loyal and devoted they are to their owners. I have a feeling the day is getting closer to a further addition to the Hudd household – if Bella says it’s OK.

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A greyhound could

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branches all over the British Isles.

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✤ This picture was taken just two months

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✤ I think I look very prim and proper in this photo, taken just after my 21st birthday. I was really proud of my cotton Horrocks dress, bought from Fenwicks of Bond Street. It was light grey with a slightly darker grey check pattern and a V-neck front and back. Alas, you can’t see the black patent, high-heeled strappy sandals that I bought from Saxone’s.

Pat Matthews, Barnet, Herts

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Most teenagers can’t wait to leave school to start a job or college course. Having

fun usually means hanging out with friends, going to nightclubs or catching up with the gossip on Facebook. But 18-year-old April Crossland is different – she’s put her teenage years on hold to look after her mum, Zoe Huckerby.

While other girls are out doing girlie things, April is happy to be a carer. She does the washing, cleaning and cooking at the home she shares with her mum, step-dad Matt (34) and sister Hannah (16). She also helps with her mum’s personal care including changing dressings. “It was April’s choice to become my carer,” says Zoe. “I never wanted it this way, but it’s what April wants.”

April started caring for her mum in 1997 when she was just six. Zoe was taken seriously ill with a burst appendix and had half her bowel removed. Zoe (39) also has Chrone’s disease and frequent epileptic fi ts – sometimes up to 14 a day. She uses oxygen overnight and requires a lot of support as she will eventually need a wheelchair all the time.

April also supports her step-dad, Matt, a former champion swimmer, who is a wheelchair user and has spina bifi da. She says she “takes each day as it comes” as a carer and has learned through experience how to keep her mum calm when she has a fi t. “I make sure she’s breathing, talk very quietly and gently to her and then she comes round,” she says.

April relaxes after caring by enjoying her favourite hobbies

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this fortnighthoroscopes Astrologer

Lynne Ewart predicts what’s in store for you

Between May 18 and May 31…Jupiter is opposing Saturn,

asking us to be realistic,

yet hopeful. Uranus comes

to Aries, sparking off new

efforts in industry and an

international controversy.

The property market could

begin to turn around at the

end of the month.

If it’s your birthday this fortnight... ... like Joan Collins, born

May 23, 1933

GEMINI May 22-June 22

There could be something

rather beneficial happening

for you via a partner or

someone close by. What

boosts one, helps the other.

Thought for the fortnight:

It’s often when folk feel most

stuck that things change.

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CANCER June 23-July23

With harmonious Venus

gracing your sign, personal

relationships will warm up,

and one involvement gets

pretty intense around May 24.


If it’s worth having, it’s worth

working on.


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LEO July 24-Aug 23

This is a good ‘building’

phase, especially where

business and property are

concerned. Expect to hook up

with someone interesting!


Don’t discount the possibility

of life perking up.


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VIRGO Aug 24-Sept 23

With Saturn doing an about

turn in your sign on May

30, you could be getting a

lot done. Things that have

been needing action, maybe

for years, are now being

attended to.

Thought for the fortnight: A

door opens where it seemed

there was no opening.


09044 705705

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Gemini is the ageless

Peter Pan of the zodiac and

gloriously glamorous Joan

is no exception. Always

interested in what’s

around the corner rather

than what’s happened,

Geminis are restless,

witty, chatty and lots of

fun to know. Joan has

some pleasing domestic

happenings to look

forward to in October. The

next few years look pretty

amazing for Joan, with a

contract being signed to

revive a previous role, too.

LIBRA

Sept 23-Oct 24

This is an unusual time, when

out-of-the-blue moments can

alter so much for you. Partners

will surprise you and you’ll

surprise others, too.


Look out for a ‘domino effect’.


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SCORPIO

Oct 24-Nov 22

Treading softly in a tricky

situation could enable you to

manoeuvre your way into an

all-round better set up. Don’t

be tempted to return to a part of

the past that did you no favours.


It might pay to check out

expert money advice.

For a weekly update call

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SAGITTARIUS Nov 23-Dec 21

It’s a good time for putting

heads together, bouncing

ideas around and working

to straighten out what

needs attention.


Thanks to your own effort, you

should achieve that goal.


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CAPRICORN

December 22-Jan20

Try not to overfill the diary or

over-commit yourself! There’s

a lot to be said for a plan that

could take you out of the usual

routine, until Saturn goes

forward, bringing a green light

on May 30.


Get ready for a new wave of

domestic activity!


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AQUARIUS

Jan 21-Feb19

From May 28 you’ll start to

notice things revving up in

your daily life, and all sorts

of amazing ideas could begin

to shape up!


You’ll be determined to

spread your wings.


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PISCES

Feb 20-Mar 20

Family connections seem

strong and positive and

a suggested change of

surroundings could get

the thumbs up.


Unusual opportunities will

present themselves.D For a weekly update call

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ARIES

Mar 21-Apr20

It’s all changing for you, as

Uranus arrives in Aries on

May 28, for his first visit since

1935. Time to shift the goal

posts, to get ready for a

chance to do things your

way, Aries!


Your determination to make

life better should pay off.


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TAURUS

Apr 21-May 21

You could soon be sorting a

personal issue that’s perplexed

you for some time and the

mood is upbeat, even if you are

a bit uptight to begin with.


You’re on the right track to

ring that needed change.


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YOUR089-129 HOROSCOPES .indd 129 29/4/10 15:13:48

❙ star chat ❙

look at life…Lynda’s

MY FORTNIGHT…

My stepson Bradley has been

laying fl oors in our apartment this

weekend. It’s all part of his training

to become a chippy and he’s done

a wonderful job. But I’ve spent the

weekend attached to the vacuum

cleaner sucking up all the sawdust.

It gets everywhere.

On a different note, I took Mr

Spain to the cinema to see a

wonderful fi lm called I am Love but

it was subtitled and I kept having

to wake him up. Now I’ll have to

go with him to see Clash of the

Titans. I guess the secret to a happy

relationship is to compromise! PIC

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But what is important is to give our children values.

Sometimes I wonder what exactly parents are saying to their children now. I have to hold my hand up and admit my generation made mistakes with our childcare in that we were too lenient. Rules are made to be broken, but I fear we broke rules and then didn’t replace them for fear of not being trendy or politically correct.

My parents were the most loving on the planet, but they weren’t to be disobeyed. I knew how far I could go and if I overstepped the mark I was punished – and I respected them more for it. They gave me a great work ethic, too. My father worked all hours on the farm and Mum worked alongside him. If you started a job it had to be fi nished.

Tidiness was my mum’s obsession. I remember throwing a wobbly because she made me put my toys away in the cupboard before I could have tea. This continued through my teenage years. The poor woman must have exhausted herself nagging my

sisters and I into tidiness. I am now the same and, interestingly, so are my sons, although I

adopted a different approach. Because I was working so

much when they were

How often do you hear someone say ‘I was horrifi ed to hear myself quoting my own parents as I

talked to my children’? Yet what’s wrong with that? Why wouldn’t we adopt our parents’ values?

I’ve been able to ‘come out’ recently in my autobiography, Lost and Found, and write about being adopted. It made me realise how much of my parents’ attitude to life I’ve absorbed. As a teenager it’s a rite of passage to kick against the traces and abandon all our parents’ values. It’s a classic teenage behaviour to do the opposite of everything they say.

Yours columnist Lynda

Bellingham believes

parental respect is the

key to happiness

‘To have respect for a

parent and pass that on

to our own children is

the greatest reward’

young, and I was on my own for several years, I didn’t have the energy to nag, so I cleared up after them. Friends would tell me I was mad and that I should leave the mess until they cleared up. But I just couldn’t live like that.

However, over the years my boys have somehow learned by osmosis and are now very tidy. It’s as if they were so used to living in a clean, tidy house they notice if

things are not where they should be and clean up.

Loyalty was another attribute my parents encouraged and once, when a pal at school let me down, I was encouraged not to retaliate but instead stay strong and loyal. Sure enough the friendship survived. I know that my sons appreciate loyalty in their friends and enjoy the respect it wins. And that is the ultimate really isn’t it? Respect. To have respect for a parent and pass that on to our own children is perhaps the greatest reward.


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