I can scarcely believe I’m typing this, but my daughter is 17 this week. It might sound cliched, but it really does seem like yesterday that I was holding her for the first time, and yet here we are, 17 years on, with zero holding taking place!
With half-term out of the way and time marching on towards the festive season, there’s little doubt that there’s a renewed chill in the air. And, without wanting to be a harbinger of doom, it’s best you get used to that chill, as the cold weather will last long into the early part of next year.