Are you a highly sensitive reader?

Hey there, Recently, a reader wrote to thank me for writing stories she doesn't have to hide from her granddaughter. And that made me think of a story from my own life.

When I was a little girl I would visit with my grandparents every summer. They lived in Cambridge, a 45-minute drive from my parents' home – a whole other world away when you are young.

I loved visiting them. My nanna and grandad were kind and quiet. My grandfather was a master gardener. He taught me about growing flowers and veg...