Pick Me Up! Special October 2022

HOW TO REGISTER It’s FREE to enter and it’s so easy to do, just visit comps.lifedeathprizes.com and register by hitting the Create Free Account button and then you can enter as many competitions as you like. Go on, have fun! For website rules of play, go to comps.lifedeathprizes.com/rules. Terms and conditions apply, UK only…

Cosy nights, turtlenecks and pumpkins, that can only mean one thing – autumn is upon us! As we say goodbye to summer, we can look forward to all that the last few months of the year have to offer. Sue Grigg’s is preparing for one very important task this October (pg16). After a devastating diagnosis, she beat the odds and is taking on the London marathon this year for Bowel Cancer Please do donate and help us spur this wonderful lady on – good luck, Sue! And Sue isn’t the only one feeling hopeful this month. When her husband began to deteriorate from MS, Gemma wanted to do whatever she could to help (pg42). And so, starting a fundraiser she managed to get him over to Panama for life-changing treatment…

HOW TO REGISTER It’s FREE to enter and it’s so easy to do, just visit comps.lifedeathprizes.com and register by hitting the Create Free Account button and then you can enter as many competitions as you like. Go on, have fun! For website rules of play, go to comps.lifedeathprizes.com/rules. Terms and conditions apply, UK only…

Cosy nights, turtlenecks and pumpkins, that can only mean one thing – autumn is upon us! As we say goodbye to summer, we can look forward to all that the last few months of the year have to offer. Sue Grigg’s is preparing for one very important task this October (pg16). After a devastating diagnosis, she beat the odds and is taking on the London marathon this year for Bowel Cancer Please do donate and help us spur this wonderful lady on – good luck, Sue! And Sue isn’t the only one feeling hopeful this month. When her husband began to deteriorate from MS, Gemma wanted to do whatever she could to help (pg42). And so, starting a fundraiser she managed to get him over to Panama for life-changing treatment options, and things are starting to look…

I flung my phone down on the sofa with a huff. ‘I’ve had enough,’ I said to my son Keeton, 24. It was August 201 5, and I’d been on Plenty of Fish for a few months after a colleague had been raving about it. or the past 24 years, I’d dated on and off, but there was never anything serious. As a single mum to three kids – Leah, now 34, Wade, 3 2, and Keeton – there was no time. Now, though, with the kids all grown up and only Keeton living at home, I agreed to try the dating app. What harm could it do? I thought to myself. But I’d had no luck – since signing up, I hadn’t spoken to anyone nice, let alone someone…