hours in a car to see me, and that is the reception he gets. over 18 months, window visits turned into garden visits. there was a mother's day behind a screen. i've got some news. and, at christmas... you are coming home at christmas. ..a calculated but much welcomed risk. life's not about the length of life, the quantity of life, it is about the quality of life. and life's about risks. you can'tjust stop living because of that. this was christmas for pat, in bristol. a virtual choir of family members who could not be at her care home in person. today, her son tim can visit. but he's still more than happy to visit behind a screen. i much prefer to have my mother alive and kicking, rather than risk exposure to a disease that we know