‘Look’, he said, waving a scrap of paper in front of me, ‘the doctor’s been and this is what he thinks I’ve got.’ The phrase on the page was vaguely familiar but before I could begin untangling the words he whipped the paper away announcing, ‘I’ll know all about it soon. My son is Googling […]
My dad’s dying
I was just 21 when my mum died after a long illness. For the last month of her life, we nursed her at home, which turned out to be one of the defining experiences of my life. Perhaps it sounds crazy, but I loved it. Not the mess, the long nights or the muddles with […]