What is the best advice you have been given ?

My dad said to all of us speak your mind and stand up for yourself. My mum was the same so we all grew up very outspoken.

My little son aged 18 months caught measles from some children he played with when he was on holiday. He was very ill with the doctor visiting every day for a while.

The best advice I have had is never compare yourself to anyone else. They may seem better off but you don't know what goes on in lives of others.

My dad always told my sister and I to "Never let the sun set on your anger"...His sister fell out with her dad because he wouldn't give her a lift home as he felt unwell...She stormed out his house....He died of a heart attack during the night and my dad's sister broke her heart....Hence my dad's advice to my us..

That it’s ok to say ‘no’. It took a long time but I got there. The breakthrough came (I may have mentioned this before) when I was attending an AGM. The Secretary hadn’t turned up. Someone said, ‘oh, LLFL knows shorthand, she can take the minutes’. Very red faced and embarrassed, I refused.