There's a lot of advice written about the first day of school. But it was the leap into my daughter's secondary that was my undoing, writes Amanda C
It didn’t help matters that the shoes were too big. Not just a little, but a size too big. New loafers that wouldn’t have looked out of place on a 30-year-old man on his way into a huge, glass-windowed office block in a capital city.
Large, black slip-ons that were now slip-offs. “You said they fit in the shop,” I shake my head as she paces the house but try to keep my cool. I...For unlimited digital access to the stories worth paying for, subscribe now to IMAGE from just €4.99 a month
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