Also, I am starting to more and more understand my parents' occasional lax attitude to all this. My dad has MS which isn't going anywhere and they were both parents of young children in NI at the height of the Troubles. Apples and oranges to a certain extent but the "this too shall pass" sentiment from the Mary E Black blog that @Chalfie posted certainly makes sense when thinking about their frame of mind.
Also, I am starting to more and more understand my parents' occasional lax attitude to all this. My dad has MS which isn't going anywhere and they were both parents of young children in NI at the height of the Troubles. Apples and oranges to a certain extent but the "this too shall pass" sentiment from the Mary E Black blog that @Chalfie posted certainly makes sense when thinking about their frame of mind.