Reasons to be cheerful
About seven weeks ago, I wrote a piece for my column in the oldest woman's weekly magazine in the world, The People's Friend . It came from the heart. But my writing speciality is light, uplifting prose, sprinkled with humour, and based on a love of the countryside and a strong sense of place. I like to take a sideways look at life and focus on characters, detail and quirky situations. It's sometimes thoughtful and reflective, but never gloomy. What I wrote was never published because it didn't fit my style. But I'm publishing it on The World from My Window now because today I have reasons to be cheerful. When I wrote it, I had been referred by a specialist for an MRI scan. I am pleased to say that, although I still have the health issue that led to me having the brain scan in the first place, it was clear. There were no nasties up there causing my sudden hearing loss. What a relief. It wasn't a big thing compared with problems some people have ...