It’s been said that if you have food in your fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of the world. If you have money in the bank, your wallet, and some spare change you are among the top 8% of the world’s wealthy. It’s a sobering thought. I don’t generally view myself as being wealthy. I think I have lived so much of my life struggling to make ends meet and living on an overdraft that it’s still a shock to realise I have money in the...

I want to talk about time. I remember when my son was little. He was a challenging baby. He only slept for 3/4hr day and night until he was coming up to his first birthday. He was crawling at five and a half months and walking at eight. I spent my waking hours exhausted. (I also now realise I was suffering from depression.) If I was dressed and had cleaned my teeth by the time my husband came home, I called it a win. I spent a vast amount of that time wishing for time to move faster. When...

I can't watch what is happening in America. Here's why.