“I think he is trying to wear Mum down, win her over to the idea, but so far it doesn’t seem to be working. ‘Isn’t it what everybody wants in life?’ he says. ‘To say they have made a difference? Changed things for the better? Helped other people?’ ‘You don’t have to go to Malawi to do that,’ Mum huffs. ‘I do those things every day, at work. It’s what a nurse does.’Well, I suppose so. I can see it is not quite what Dad has in mind, though. Mum has just been telling us about one of her patients, w...ho managed to nick a wheelchair and make a break for freedom, returning half an hour later with fish, chips and chocolate bars for the whole ward. ‘You can’t blame him,’ Mum had said. ‘Hospital food is not the best.’‘Livvi, I know you love your job,’ Dad says. ‘But I want to do something to make a difference too.’‘You did, when you were teaching,’ Mum says.‘The children at Green Lane Community School did not want to be changed,’ Dad grumbles. ‘They just wanted to send text messages under the desk and read copies of Hello magazine whenever my back was turned.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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