In bed I lay awake, thinking of my irritation, thinking of the silence, which had been, I now thought, not like some big swelling rubbery thing but like a piece of sharp metal caught in my throat.

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For instance, at times the pain was so bad that all I wanted to do was lay in bed, but Dr Thomas has encouraged me to go out for a walk, or to sit in the garden.

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We haven't washed his sheets because I can go in there and lay on his bed and still smell my boy.

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That night, as we lay in bed together, I told her I loved her (in French, it was easier to say such things).

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