At about 3 o’clock yesterday, I suddenly felt better. I left the house. I walked. I did some work. I made dinner. I stayed up until I felt like going to bed. I’m a little bit sniffy, but the throaty sneezes and grating coughs have stopped. I am relieved, although possibly not as relieved as [...]
….is not laughter after all.
(Maybe laughter is the second best.)
When I reread this post, first published in July last year, I had such a rush of remembered feeling: the thrill of walking back from the chemist’s that day has a big pin in it on the map of my recovery.
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I woke up yesterday morning to find that I had conjunctivitis. Have you ever had [...]