In all the things denied us during lockdown, I hadn’t realised how much I missed sharing chit chat with strangers. Those cheery interactions with shop assistants and little jokes with passers-by always lift spirits.
Even a smile across the street is a tonic. That’s one of the reasons I loved going to a retail park in Chester with my friends Sue and Keith this week.
I haven’t been to any shops since March 9. We left early in the morning so it wasn’t crowded, and I didn’t feel half as nervous as I was going out for lunch for the first time last week.
Talking to new people was just the pick-up I needed. When two girls approached to ask me where I got my walker because their mum kept crashing into things in her mobility scooter, we had a great
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