In about an hour my mum called me and said that my dad was fine.

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Sometimes when I'm doing my homework, I just get carried away with talking to my friends online but my mum comes and tells me when it's time to stop.

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But there's always a trade off - my dear old mum was there, and for me, she always made anything and everything worthwhile.

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His mum was dead and I think one of the highlights of going out with me was seeing my mum.

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We'd all lived together when Tia was a baby and she was my mum's 'mini-me'.

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It can be a rather humbling process and it can spring some unwelcome surprises - I catch a sidelong glimpse of myself in the mirror, and I don't see me but my mum.

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