Pick Me Up! Special

DAY BY DAY

Switching on the tap, I called out to my son.

‘Freddy! Your bath will be ready in a minute!’ I said.

It was March 2019, and Freddy, nine, and his older sisters Kyra, 20, and Amber, 17, were downstairs watching telly.

As the youngest, though, Freddy needed an early night – he had school the next day.

As I waited for him, I ran my hands under

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