Pick Me Up!

BACK FROM THE BRINK

Heaving heavy shopping bags in the front door, I called out to my husband John.

‘Hi, love,’ I sang.

Back in July 2021, coming home from the supermarket, I barged through the door heading to the kitchen, to put all the groceries away.

But one minute, I was standing in the hallway – and then everything went black.

The next thing I knew, I was waking up in a hospital bed.

And there was a man sat by my bedside.

‘Do you know who this is?’ a doctor asked, pointing at him.

‘His name’s John,’ I said, feeling confused. ‘But

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