The return to school has been a happy one. New medication has been transformative: I’ve not been sick so I’ve not felt tired! Before I get too smug about being a stay-at-home mum, best remember I’ve got incurable cancer and took early retirement. Side effects of medication are a constant predicament.
But right now my days pass in a haze of play dates, coffee shops and writing instead of constant hospital appointments. I am filled with topophilia – love for the community in which I live.
Yes, I moan about the traffic, the noisy shop customers, the new Domino’s opening. But it’s impossible to walk down the street without waving to someone I know.
Weekends are often crowded with community events within walking distance. When I moved here from London, I pushed my toddler around the narrow streets, struck by the way school children moved aside and people with little dogs stopped for a stroke.
I was relieved when decent coffee shops opened up and overjoyed that I could still get a decent Turkish takeaway!
There are issues: the the lorries, the potholes and roadworks, the lack of zebra crossings, poor disabled access to most buildings…..
But, as I pop to the shop again for a bacon sarnie, I honestly can’t imagine living anywhere else!
What do you love about where you live? Answer in the comments!
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