threesugars
Hi Phyllida,
So lovely to have you on Gransnet. I haven't yet read your book - is it very sad?What I wanted to ask is how much help or support you received from local authorities, as well as friends and relatives over this incredibly stressful time? Sometimes it's hard to know how to be helpful to someone who is in need of a hand. Do have any tips on things other people could have done for you (or did do for you) that made your life a bit easier?
That's a very good question, threesugars. My mum lived in a village, a little village, so it was a community and I've dedicated my last book to the Golden Girls , which was a nickname for remarkable women who came as helpers. The district nurse was a disappointment. She was on a time and motion study and she wouldn't stay for a cup of tea and a chat, which I happen to believe is the best medicine.