Nursing Home

By Nick Gilmore

Published: 24 Dec, 2023

Sunday

Eldest Sister and two of her kids made the journey from the other side of London to visit Mum today but she was asleep most of the time. They took more cards she had been sent and a small gift of chocolates, which she was keen to try.

When she did talk she was fairly unintelligible.

Author’s Note

My Mum is in a nursing home in a small village in the Thames Valley. The photo is not of the home. I used an AI image generator to give the reader some idea of the home she’s in.

All, some or maybe even none (you’ll never know!) of the names have been changed to protect privacy and hide real identities. If you think you recognise someone then let me know and I’ll edit the post or remove it entirely

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