Thank you for all your kind messages. I’m fine. It’s 1.30 am and I’m hoovering and wiping the floor...

Little did I know! A year later and I was still cleaning and hoovering at ungodly hours. This knee-jerk reaction was a sign of something I’ve struggled to get under control. A latent OCD issue which I’d had since I was a child but largely kept under control, returned with a vengeance and manifested itself in all-day cleaning sessions.

You may grieve but the house looks nice.