Salima Saxton

She was an amazing woman, but now she just called everybody darling, very, very charmingly, but mainly because she didn't really know where she was or who any of us were. So it was a joyous, it was a sad, it was an awkward, it was a stressful occasion, and it made both of us yearn for elders that could be there to hold our hands in such big life events.

We both wanted to rocket away from our upbringings. Carl, partly for physical safety, both of us for emotional safety, and And together we did that. I also had ideas of success from 90s rom-coms and TV series. Do you remember The Party of Five, The O.C.?

We both wanted to rocket away from our upbringings. Carl, partly for physical safety, both of us for emotional safety, and And together we did that. I also had ideas of success from 90s rom-coms and TV series. Do you remember The Party of Five, The O.C.?

We both wanted to rocket away from our upbringings. Carl, partly for physical safety, both of us for emotional safety, and And together we did that. I also had ideas of success from 90s rom-coms and TV series. Do you remember The Party of Five, The O.C.?

I had an idea that if I had a kitchen island, freshly cut flowers, linen napkins and a gardener, like just a weekend one, then somehow the perfect TV family would just walk in. So together, Carl and I did actually do some of that. We lived in this she-she neighborhood. I had a tiny dog that I carried under my arm, Raymond, because he couldn't really walk very far.

I had an idea that if I had a kitchen island, freshly cut flowers, linen napkins and a gardener, like just a weekend one, then somehow the perfect TV family would just walk in. So together, Carl and I did actually do some of that. We lived in this she-she neighborhood. I had a tiny dog that I carried under my arm, Raymond, because he couldn't really walk very far.

I had an idea that if I had a kitchen island, freshly cut flowers, linen napkins and a gardener, like just a weekend one, then somehow the perfect TV family would just walk in. So together, Carl and I did actually do some of that. We lived in this she-she neighborhood. I had a tiny dog that I carried under my arm, Raymond, because he couldn't really walk very far.

And our three kids, they went to a progressive private school where they called the teachers by their first name, didn't wear uniform, and didn't learn so much. But they were happy in their early years, at least. I hadn't had this kind of education, by the way. I'd been to a state school. I'd ended up at Cambridge. I'd really been like a happy geek at school.

And our three kids, they went to a progressive private school where they called the teachers by their first name, didn't wear uniform, and didn't learn so much. But they were happy in their early years, at least. I hadn't had this kind of education, by the way. I'd been to a state school. I'd ended up at Cambridge. I'd really been like a happy geek at school.

And our three kids, they went to a progressive private school where they called the teachers by their first name, didn't wear uniform, and didn't learn so much. But they were happy in their early years, at least. I hadn't had this kind of education, by the way. I'd been to a state school. I'd ended up at Cambridge. I'd really been like a happy geek at school.

And sometimes Carl and I wondered what we were doing, kind of pushing ourselves to such an extent to make sure that our kids went to that kind of school. I think it was another idea of ours to be safe, to be successful. But there wasn't much joy in all of this, you know. We were just like busy frantically scrabbling up this hill all the time. Yet we had the kitchen island.

And sometimes Carl and I wondered what we were doing, kind of pushing ourselves to such an extent to make sure that our kids went to that kind of school. I think it was another idea of ours to be safe, to be successful. But there wasn't much joy in all of this, you know. We were just like busy frantically scrabbling up this hill all the time. Yet we had the kitchen island.

And sometimes Carl and I wondered what we were doing, kind of pushing ourselves to such an extent to make sure that our kids went to that kind of school. I think it was another idea of ours to be safe, to be successful. But there wasn't much joy in all of this, you know. We were just like busy frantically scrabbling up this hill all the time. Yet we had the kitchen island.

We did have linen napkins, but they were grubby and they were mainly kept in the back of the kitchen cupboard. So that Valentine's evening, when Carl said to me he couldn't live like this anymore, it cut through all of it. He kept saying to me, Do you love me? Can you still love me? Do you love me? And I kept saying, you are loved. Oh my God, you're so loved. I felt angry. I felt angry at him.

We did have linen napkins, but they were grubby and they were mainly kept in the back of the kitchen cupboard. So that Valentine's evening, when Carl said to me he couldn't live like this anymore, it cut through all of it. He kept saying to me, Do you love me? Can you still love me? Do you love me? And I kept saying, you are loved. Oh my God, you're so loved. I felt angry. I felt angry at him.

We did have linen napkins, but they were grubby and they were mainly kept in the back of the kitchen cupboard. So that Valentine's evening, when Carl said to me he couldn't live like this anymore, it cut through all of it. He kept saying to me, Do you love me? Can you still love me? Do you love me? And I kept saying, you are loved. Oh my God, you're so loved. I felt angry. I felt angry at him.

I felt angry at me. How could we have got this so wrong that the boy in the ill-fitting suit was asking me whether I still loved him? I phoned our family doctor saying, who said that she thought Carl was having a breakdown and that he needed medication and respite immediately.

I felt angry at me. How could we have got this so wrong that the boy in the ill-fitting suit was asking me whether I still loved him? I phoned our family doctor saying, who said that she thought Carl was having a breakdown and that he needed medication and respite immediately.

I felt angry at me. How could we have got this so wrong that the boy in the ill-fitting suit was asking me whether I still loved him? I phoned our family doctor saying, who said that she thought Carl was having a breakdown and that he needed medication and respite immediately.

I phoned a friend whose husband had had a breakdown a few years earlier and I remember standing on the front lawn in my pyjamas, it was dark, I was freezing cold and I was kind of whispering into the phone so my kids wouldn't hear, so the neighbours wouldn't hear, I mean who cares. So I realized that things had to change really quickly.