It’s a terrible phone photo, but my mum and dad are sitting in their new lounge in their new house. It’s been a long and difficult journey from the moment in January 2017 that my sister and I ambushed them and explained that for their own well-being they needed to move out of the home they’ve been in for 35 years and into something more suited to a couple whose mobility isn’t what it was (basically no stairs and easy to maintain). Their house took 17 months to sell and was finally sold on the eve of their 59th wedding anniversary.

As from today, this is now home…