As well as joys, challenges and unusual pets she brought fresh insights to our home. By Jill Dawson
About five years ago a friend at my son’s school, a girl of 14 I’d only met once before got herself into something of a crisis, and as a result of a breakdown in her home life, came to live with us. I hadn’t been looking to add another child to the family. We had our son at home, also 14, and my older son, aged 25, from a previous relationship was finally moving out. Suddenly, at 52, right when I thought I was done with mothering, I had a brand new teenage daughter.
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