I got an email this evening from my friend C whom I’ve known since we were 13 and 14. It was a link to a YouTube video made by her brother, my first real boyfriend - a montage of photos of his eldest daughter’s visit to see him and his second family.

She is one of three children from his first marriage. He has three children in his second marriage. None of the children has met before now.

The video made me cry for lost youth and wasted years, but still I want to finish this with a smile :-).