Family

We’re all worrying about our older relatives at the moment, right? That’s why I’ve been calling my mum every night this week, to check in on her and keep her company (she lives alone). And it turns out I need the company too.

It’s made me realise that this is something I should be doing more regularly anyway: not just ringing to moan and ask for advice, but to sit down, properly listen and appreciate our relationship.

I was also on the phone to my younger sister for a solid hour last night. Usually, it’s impossible to keep her on the line for a full five minutes. I know she’d rather have been getting ready to go out with her uni friends, but she stayed on that bit longer to talk about everything and nothing.

Later on, I received a text from her, telling me to download the Scrabble app so that we can play it together.

I can’t even…

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