Editor's letter 5 January 2020: What would Davina do? - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life Editor’ s letter What would Davina do By You Magazine - January 5, 2020 I’ll be honest, I’ve had better weeks. As I write this, my husband and I have been awake all night trying to dry out our flooded basement. And find the source of the flood. Three different ‘experts’ have visited us in the past 24 hours, and each of them has given a different theory on how to solve the problem (ranging from ‘This will take months and at least a bajillion pounds’ to ‘Hmmm, dunno really, weird one’ – so that’s great). While the drama unfolded, my teenage daughter sweated upstairs with some sort of flu virus. It occurred to me that I’ve been thinking for days I should change those sheets. About 9pm, I remembered the dog needed feeding. I was reminded of this because she turned up at my feet, splashing about in the dirty floodwater. So I’d need to bathe her before she jumped on my bed for the night. (At least someone would get to go to bed.) It was about this time I remembered that perhaps I too needed feeding, but even making a bit of dry toast felt like too much effort. Worse things happen, to be sure. But every now and then, doesn’t it feel like everything and everyone is conspiring to make your every waking minute a trial? Which even to my mind sounded dramatic until the insurance company asked if we could just keep swimming and they’d get to us in about five more days. So it was a good piece of timely therapy for me, to read the interview we have in this issue with one of my secret mentors. Am I the only one who enlists women I admire, without their knowledge, to inspire me? Davina McCall is one such woman. You’ll have to excuse me while I – what is it the kids say? – indulge in a bit of ‘fangirling’ for a moment. Davina’s my favourite kind of human: hard-working, talented, funny as hell and, let’s face it, more resilient than a tank. She’s had success and its trappings. But as she tells writer Louise Gannon, she’s recently faced some of the toughest, and at times tragic, challenges life can throw at you. I’ve always found her to be someone who never takes the best of life for granted and, with quiet dignity, gets on with the business of handling the worst, too.So as I stood in my waterlogged basement, wondering how much a new washing machine would cost, it was Davina who had unwittingly made me realise this was just one irritating night. Not the end of the world. By the way, I’ll be cutting out and keeping this week’s YOU food special: the ‘one-tray’ recipes from The Quick Roasting Tin. They’re so quick and easy that, I think, if the basement floods again, I could teach the dog to rustle up one of them. Happy January, everyone! It can only get better, right? Editor’ s picks A few things I’m coveting this week Sleek enough for work, chic enough for cocktails. Bag, £140, boden.co.uk Menswear we can all wear. Jumper, £185, mgrivers.com So happy that boilersuits have turned so pretty. Jumpsuit, £150, selected.com RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Everything we know about The Crown season 5 Aldi s exercise equipment is on sale with up to 50% off The best Halloween events for 2022 across the UK Popular in Life The You magazine team reveal their New Year s resolutions December 31, 2021 Susannah Taylor The TLC tools your body will love January 23, 2022 How to stop living in fear February 6, 2022 Susannah Taylor My pick of the fittest leggings February 27, 2022 Women’ s Prize for Fiction 2022 winner announced June 17, 2022 These BBC dramas are returning for a second series June 30, 2022 Susannah Taylor gives the lowdown on nature s little helper – CBD April 17, 2022 The baby names that are banned across the world April 27, 2022 The Queen has released her own emojis May 26, 2022 Sally Brompton horoscopes 27th June-3rd July 2022 June 26, 2022 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved