Throwing money at the problem

On the very human urge to try to solve everything by buying things

My mum is in hospital, my baby is poorly and I miss my older children terribly, not having seen them since last Friday. A hip replacement is a big, but common operation, and things are not really going to plan. It’s been one of my family’s more challenging weeks on the planet.

My sister and I keep going to the shop, as though somehow we might find the so…