Solace

I was a guest on a phone-in on Radio Five Live the other night. The topic was losing one's mother. I had to stay up way past my usual bedtime to be on, and when I listened to it later on the net, I thought I sounded drugged. Fortunately, my son said I just sounded sad, which I was.

A lovely woman who phoned in about grieving for her mother said her husband had taken her on a cruise to try to cheer her up. When I reported this to Dave, he said "I could take you on the boats in Markeaton Park, if you like."