Thank you, Mum
‘MUM NEVER LET US SEE HOW DIFFICULT LIFE WAS FOR HER’
Effie Dower, 33, is the founder of baby-clothing company Sleep Thief. She lives in north London and wants to say thank you to her mum, Rhodope Kostalas, 60.
Full of excitement, I could barely stand still as we queued at security, waiting to have our bags checked before we boarded the plane. It was 1997 and we were heading to Cyprus on our family holiday. Like a typical 11-year-old child, I couldn’t wait. ‘Stand still, you’re tiring me out,’ Mum laughed, balancing bags full of our passports and holiday documents on her lap as she wheeled herself towards the metal detectors.
‘She didn’t once blame her disability’
