We enter the room with my mum and dad leading, me behind and Alice with Aaron holding her hand. Mum and dad greet Doctor Whittaker in a very adult way, shaking her hands and introducing themselves while I make sure Aaron and Alice are comfortable on the sofa and I sit in next to Aaron…

A nurse comes in and the lights in the corridor have changed to day mode meaning its probably morning time. I actually slept through the night which was strange I didn’t think I would but clearly those sleeping pills they are giving me are doing good things. “Morning Anna, time to get up it’s 7:30…

It’s just me, Aaron, Alice and my dad. I feel my dad staring down at me and I try and talk to him and say “Thanks for coming dad, how did your interview go this morning?” “it’s was tough, but I didn’t want that job anyway it would be too many weekend hours.” That was…

I get to reception and they are already there before I walk up, they are grabbing some visitor passes. I wait for a few minutes until they have their issued passes. They drop their shoulder bags and we give each other the tightest hug ever. I let a tear slip. They both notice, pick up…

My phone buzzed and got me out of my head space. It was Izzy and Becca it was their lunch break at school, and they sent me a pic of mac and cheese and I replied with a picture of mine to say I was having the same. We text back and forth a little…

We drive in silence with the radio on in the background but none of us are listening we drive in silence and I stare out the window watching the miserable rain fall down thewindow which describes, my feelings right now, strangely as much as I normallyhate rain, it’s calming my nerves and feels almost therapeutic…