Back in April, we asked you to tell us about your closest friend, the person you couldn’t do without. We were inundated with entries, but before announcing the winner next week, we bring you some of our other favourites…
Born to be together
My twin sister, Julie, and I arrived 14 weeks early, both weighing 2lb 2oz. For months our tiny bodies lay in incubators in the premature baby unit at Ballymena Hospital in Northern Ireland. Together we fought infections and breathing problems, until three months later, when our mum, Breige, then 23, and dad Stephen, 24, finally took us both home.
‘Julie was a fill-in mum while I was bed-bound’ Mum loved dressing us in cute matching outfits. ‘Here come the terrible two,’ our neighbours would say, because they…