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AUTHOR - CAROLYN H  - United Kingdom
It’s the little things I will always remember..

The smell of the Saturday newspaper concealing a bag of sweets for my brother and I, the sing songs in the car and the patient answer to the nightly ‘how many days is it until Christmas’….

I loved horse riding. Some how you found the money and once a month without any failure you would drive me out to the riding stables enjoying the
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