Argus title : Halt this violence against women
Most nights, before I sleep, I visit my daughter’s room to check she’s all right. I’ve done this since she was a baby and it’s hard to break the habit.
I watch her quietly sleeping, her fair hair spread across the pillow and think, as I have so many times before, how lucky we are to have this lovely daughter.
These last few days, as I’ve stood there watching her peaceful sleep, I’ve been unable to keep from my mind the images which now fill our newspapers of bereaved families grieving for lost daughters. It breaks my heart. Continue reading