When less is more

Peggy Heeks opens herself to new possibilities

by Peggy Heeks 28th September 2012

One evening three women were sitting in a riverside garden, drinking white wine and enjoying a comfortable conversation. Then one asked an awkward question: ‘Why did you marry your husband?’ The right answer was obvious – ‘Because I was madly in love’ – but none of us chose to give it, finding, rather, an oblique reply. What emerged was that we all wanted a family. To me, then, it seemed an extension of an evolutionary process, from the simple to the complex. From being single one embraced the complexity of being a couple, then to creating children and becoming a small community.