Thanks to John.

[glowing]

My poor mum-in-law recently had another stroke whilst staying with us. I keep telling her that holidays with us are bad for her health but she seems to enjoy them, not so much her hospital stays. She is recovering well physically but her memory and reading ability have suffered. This is very frustrating for her as she finds it too hard to read her library books now. Realising the fun we find your word games I decided to try her with a four letter game. Every day we begin a new game and apart from helping her when she gets stuck she has to do it all herself. She really enjoys it and it has helped her immensely. So, thank you John for introducing the games to us.

Glo

[john]

Hi Glo,
That is such a nice thing to hear!
I guess that after a stroke any mental exercise is good, and it's wonderful that you take the time and trouble to do this for her.
As an aside, my mum-in-law is staying with us here for her week away. Yesterday evening after the heat of the day had subsided we all went up to Sue's allotment to pick the redcurrants. She was happy as can be and said that she never thought she would enjoy one of those balmy summer evenings she remembers from the past. Sue was worried she was over-exerting herself, and I made a crack that "Died, picking redcurrants" would be a good inscription on a gravestone. She laughed and laughed and said she thought it would be a splendid epitaph, and we all came home with the fruit to make jam!