Every Brilliant Thing

I have been for several runs today.

The first was at lunchtime. A 5k which I completed in just under 27 minutes. The fastest I have been in a long while!

The second and all those that followed were as a result of “helping” out at football training. This basically entailed the repeated retrieval of numerous errant footballs from the brambles and stinging nettles behind the goal during a bout of shooting practice.

That said, I did get a run-out in the game at the end and m’boy was delighted to put in a crunching tackle on me.

When the offspring were settled and abed, I found an HBO adaptation/documentary of Every Brilliant Thing and was immediately hooked on its exploration of mental health. I hadn’t heard the story before, but thought the concept of a young boy making a list of every brilliant thing in life to keep his suicidal mother in the world was riveting. And so it proved.

Well worth checking out.