TALKING SENSE

Glancing over the room to make sure the kids were happy, I smiled.

It was January this year, and I was grateful to have a job managing a children’s home.

Working with teenagers with educational and behavioural difficulties, I loved being able to help them get back on their feet.

For the past few days, though, I’d been struggling to fight off a niggling headache.

I’d taken loads of painkillers, but nothing seemed to work.

And now, just as I was about to have my lunch, it suddenly got so much worse.

Searing pain rushed through my head, literally stopping me in my tracks.

I tried to power on and continue my work, hoping it would go away.

But it only got worse.

After a while, I couldn’t even think straight.

‘I’m so sorry,