Pick Me Up!

Life’s too short

EVERLASTING LOVE

Clinking my glass of wine, I smiled: ‘Cheers everyone!’ It was May 2020, and we were enjoying our first BBQ of the year. My youngest kids, AJ, 11, and Geordie, 14, were running around and play-fighting, while my two girls Sophie, 18, and Chloe, 19, were chatting.

Nothing made me feel happier than being at home with my family around me. I loved a noisy, busy house. My eldest Chloe had left home but we got together as often as we could.

Throughout the day, my left shoulder had been bothering me – it felt like a trapped nerve. By the evening, I was feeling quite merry, so I headed off to bed groggy.

I thought to myself, nodding off. Then in the middle of the night, I awoke in serious pain. My liver was

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