Making it to the Top of My Own List

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When she was four and a half, Daughter bought me a bracelet with a locket on it.   I suspect she had help; she’s always been smart but she wasn’t tall enough to reach over the counter at that age.   It was a silver bracelet with a heart that says ‘I love you Mummy’ on the front and ‘There’s not a Mummy in the world more special than you’ on the back.   Cheesy, right? But of course my most treasured possession. When it was new, the locket was anchored on to a particular link on the bracelet.   It was where it should be at all times.   I wore this bracelet 24/7, and there the heart was, same place all the time.   Then about a year later, out with the girls for a meal, it fell off.   Luckily, it dropped onto my lap and I was able to take it to the jewellers and get it fixed.   But I didn’t get it fixed on to a link, on the advice of the jeweller.   So suddenly, it wasn’t exactly where I thought it was.   It moved up and down, caused a...