Pick Me Up!

You’re One in a million!

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This week we’re saying thanks a bunch to Bethany’s mum and dad, Gillian and David, from Manchester. She wrote to say...

icouldn’t nominate just one of my parents to receive a bouquet, as they both deserve the moon! As the youngest child, I think it’s fair to say that I was spoilt rotten. The only competitio­n

I had was my older sister Sarah and our cat Lottie.

I really did love being my mum and dad’s little princess!

Of course, growing up, I’d started to yearn for my own independen­ce and couldn’t wait to go to university to study mental-health nursing.

But when the time came to go, I felt a bit worried.

I suffered from anxiety you see, and would sometimes have panic attacks.

I coped by making a joke of it. Our family’s style.

‘How am I going to survive without you two nagging me?’ I teased them.

‘The house will sure be quiet,’ Mum told me, sighing.

‘Yeah, because she won’t be stomping around in her room,’ Dad chuckled.

But underneath all that mickey-taking, there was also so much love.

I rang them daily from uni, sometimes in the middle of the night if I had panic attacks. They are always there for me. So, thank you so much Mum and Dad, for everything you do.

with over 30 years’ experience of helping celebrate life’s special moments, FREE delivery by post and a FREE pop-up vase, a gorgeous bouquet from Flying Flowers is a lovely way to say, i’mthinkingo­f

you. See flyingflow­ers.co.uk.

To nominate someone

Tell us who you think deserves to receive some lovely blooms and the reason why. See page 4 for details of how to get in touch with us.

 ??  ?? Clockwise: Me (front left) Sarah, uncle Geoff, Dad and Mum
Clockwise: Me (front left) Sarah, uncle Geoff, Dad and Mum

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