I was feeling nervous, yet excited. At last I was going to get my vaccination! I had never looked forward to getting a jab so much! That was a first! I wasn’t familiar with the venue, so Googled it and discovered that it was only twenty minutes away. …

Getting ready for my bath, I caught sight of myself in the mirror. I gasped as a ‘Michelin tyre person’ stared back at me. I couldn’t believe how much weight I’d gained! I regularly walk, but it doesn’t equate to the hours I used to spend traipsing round a supermarket…

As I replaced my telephone, an awful rush of realisation swept over me. I had become reactive, angry and frustrated. As I frowned at my behaviour, I sat down and tried to explain to myself when this change had started, and more importantly, why now? I had been doing so…

It’s 1959… I’m sitting on my bed painting my nails, waiting for an ambulance to take me to hospital. I’m in labour and I am alone…. My husband’s gone off to work…. I have little idea what lies ahead for me…. which hospital I’ll be going to or who will be…

I smiled at a little girl in the supermarket, forgetting that I was wearing a mask. She smiled back at me and waved. Somehow she had sensed my expression, and was unfazed by my face covering, obviously used to it. I suddenly had a vision of her in decades to…

It had been nearly five months. Without doubt one of the most difficult times in my life, but now at last I would be able to see my special son, on his birthday. I start to pack my shopping trolley with all the foods that he loves, carefully cleaned and…

I was getting dressed and putting on my jeans when I realised there was a problem. I need a mechanic to service my washing machine, but in the present situation I don’t want anyone to come into my house. It would have to wait, but clearly its temperature gauge needs…

The door clanged behind me, I turned the key in the lock and looked around. “This is what it must feel like being released from prison”, I thought to myself… weird. I was unsure of myself and wanted to bolt back inside. How ridiculous! …

It was so sudden! I was driving along my usual route, when I saw that both tunnels ahead were obstructed by piles of rubbish, blocking the way forward. There was no way through! Muttering to myself that I would now be late and complaining out loud that things should never…