The Midwives' War

by Chrissie Walsh

Could she find it in her heart to be a proper wife to Lorchan? Would his friends and neighbours accept her? Or might they think that she, more than twenty years his junior, was nothing other than a gold digger taking advantage of a lonely middle-aged confirmed bachelor who had been living a solitary life until she came along. And what would they make of the child?

She need not have worried. Lorchan had enough love for all of them, and more besides. From the start, he had cherished his newly acquired family with such gentle love and kindness that they had very easily learned to return

What you never had you never miss,’

‘Hankering for what might have been serves no useful purpose.’

‘To love and be loved is a very precious thing, Sara, even when the person you shared that love with is no longer part of your life. It isn’t something you can forget. It’s there deep inside you even when you’re not aware of it. You carry it with you through life and it gives you the strength to keep on looking for the patch of blue sky.’