We didn’t have a Christmas with Nannie last year for two reasons, the first was COVID and the national lockdown we were in the middle of, so we all stayed at home which is fine if you love your immediate family as much as I do, it meant we had lovely day together but traditionally Nannie would have been with us!

The second reason and probably the reason she wouldn’t have come over to us, even if we weren’t locked down, was how extremely ill she was a couple of months earlier, which she was still recovering from. Up until that day in November 2020 I had probably not thought about a time when Nannie wouldn’t be around but I think about it a lot since.

I was driving today listening to the radio and they were taking about another COVID Christmas and I thought “Have we actually officially invited Nannie, for Christmas Day?” so I called her and she said that we had not invited her but she would love to come over on Christmas day we chatted for about 20 minutes while I drove and then she added that she is intending to do Boxing day this year too. Gobsmacked is how I would describe my reaction. Most people who know how ill Nannie was can’t believe me when I tell them how impressive her recovery has been throughout this year to the point where she is saying she’s going to do Boxing day for us all.

I am so happy we’ve got Nannie for Christmas and can’t wait!