Ann O'Loughlin: From the smouldering ruins, we rebuild and form new memories 

After a cruel attack on the family home, looking back gives you the strength to go on, writes Ann O’Loughlin

Ann O’Loughlin: Home is now a place in our hearts. Picture: Nick Bradshaw

When you are young, you spend the whole time trying to leave home, and when you are older you spend a lot of time wanting to return to those roots.

Or so they say, anyway.