Waiting to Begin

by Amanda Prowse

Have you been to those old people’s homes? Good God, they are bloody awful! Rows and rows of plastic-covered chairs, crammed with people waiting for death. Wrinkly and stooped, supping on mashed food seasoned with regret.

That was how lies worked – easy to put out into the world, but very hard to live with long term.

‘Giving up is easy. It’s finding a way forward that’s tough.’