I knew my kids had grown up when...

I knew when my two daughters, Danai and Josephine, had grown up when they left home in their late teens... and didn’t come back.

They were brought up to be self-sufficient and not to depend on a man. But it was still a shock when they proved equal to the challenge.

No more shouts of “I’m home!” or phone requests for mother to pick them up in the car (because their useless father doesn’t drive).

Danai went to university in York, Josephine to Australia to follow the English cricket team – and stayed two years, working her way round the country. They both