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Anagram Game I've got slightly addicted to this game on Twitter - it's so simple yet such good fun. Pick a famous person and make an anagram from their name - the more it suits them, the better. Choice submissions so far: Lamented Person = Peter Mandleson A Bad Livid Mind = David Miliband My Urban Hand = Andy Burnham Dialing Lair Rats = Alistair Darling Hijack Calm Nose = Michael Jackson Worn Gyrate = Terry Wogan A Unwise Homey = Amy Winehouse so... you get the idea. Join in and post yours on the comments section. If you're going to join the game on Twitter then use the hashtag #anagrams Thanks to @SirTerence for finding me something to else to procrastinate with.

From Young Mum to Young Grandparent in 17 years

Finding out I was pregnant at 18 years old was a shock!! It wasn’t planned and it certainly scuppered my plans for my much-desired career in the RAF. However, sometimes in life you just have to get on with it. I was lucky that I had a steady boyfriend and my parents gave me as much support as they could. I’d already left home and the disappointment was clear. They’d wanted so much more for me but supported all my decisions. I had a stressful, complicated pregnancy with many hospital visits because baby was considered “small”. My daughter was born the day before my 19 th birthday on 2 nd May 1991 weighing 5lb 10oz. I wanted so much for my beautiful daughter. I strove to give her the best I could afford and all the love that came for free but there are some things that love and money just can’t protect you from. I found out that she had cancer when she was just 14 months old . I was only 20 years old myself. The following days became a blur of tests, long words, nursin...