A light-hearted post . . .

In praise of the humble hot water bottle . . .

Thinking about the readings from Genesis that we've been listening to all week, I would like to suggest a little addendum:

And on the eighth day God said, 'Let there be the hot water bottle, paracetamol, ibuprofen and all manner of pain relief' And so it was. They became readily available in the local pharmacy. And God saw that it was good.

And the Pater Familias and I both gave thanks to God for that this week. The PF returned home from his latest trip to foreign climes with a little extra gift, in the form of a nasty stomach bug. A day or so of his writhing around with a hot water bottle clutched to his stomach obviously had an adverse affect on me as I developed a bad back which also necessitated the hot water bottle treatment. Luckily we're a multiple hot water bottle family!

Thank goodness my back is back to normal now and the PF is much improved.