One of the things about being raised British in Africa is that you get this double whammy of toughness. The continent in place itself made you quite tough. And then you've got this British mother whose entire being rejects 'coddling' in case it makes you too soft. So there's absolutely nothing standing between you and a fairly rough experience.

I always knew mum loved me - tough, look-after-yourself love, as if she knew she wouldn't always be there.

I love my mother so much, because I see the whole of her.

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