OK – you are looking down and there is nothing at all but a great black hole. Where once there was light, now there is nothing but darkness. You think, what do I do? Do I jump? Do I stay where I am?

Then it is all made good by DM saying “let’s go for a ruby”. Now you see, I can be like Indiana Jones and step into the void. I can put out a tentative foot, believing I will fall and I can find a miniscule bridge that no-one else can see…

Do you see what food can do? Do you understand how a combination of heat, spice and sitting opposite the man I love and talking can relieve the symptoms of abject misery? If nothing else, there is always the fire in the belly from a full tummy. If you don’t get it, go back and read the above again. I’ve managed a metaphorical turn from the abyss – perhaps tomorrow I will find the path back to safety. You never know. That unseen rock bridge may just be there for me as it was for Indy.