Hello and welcome to White Wine Question Time, where for this episode, I'm handing the reins over to one of you.

I've decided that after seven years and more than 500 episodes, you are such a huge part of our community that I wanted to give you an opportunity to put some of your own thought-provoking

questions to one of our guests. So let's pick up where we left off on the last episode with the

incredible Hermione Norris, an incredible leading lady and actress who's ready now to take,

well, Michelle's question from North London.

My third question for you, which is coming from a listener.

Her name's Michelle and she's 54.

And she is a single mother of two, a full-time worker, and about to be an empty nester, right? And she says of you,

you speak with unadulterated love about your children, Wilf and Hero. Arguably, I would say

your role as their mother is the one that you revel in more than any other. Now that your

kids are both adults, has that changed things for you as you step

into the next chapter of parenting? Being a mother to adults, I'd imagine also either in menopause

or in perimenopause, which is no emotional picnic. I'm there too. It's a huge step change

and I've found myself feeling such a mixed bag of emotions help how are you navigating

the same changes. Oh, Michelle. There's a lot, isn't it? Yeah, it's a lot. It's all that I've been

talking about really. It is that thing of who am I, what am I? If I'm not a mum, if I'm not in

that role, if I'm not this, if I'm not that, who am I? What do I want? Who do I want to be? What do I want? What do I need? Where do I want to be? How do I want to be? Who do I want to be? Because it's, from the moment those little people, you feel them flutter in your tummy, it's all about them, isn't it?

And also, you go to the bottom of every list.

You just do.

Yeah, it's not about you anymore.

And it's not that anybody pushes you there.

You put yourself there.

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