We just got the following email from my mother-in-law. I quote it in its entirety, apart from headers, and have removed the name of the care home where my father-in-law is living:
Tried to contact you Christmas day; couldn't. Happy Christmas, belately....{we now have power} Please give me care home phone number; I have lost it, Lots of love to you and Sarah and Sarah's mum mum
Would you believe that this woman used to be an English teacher, and is a published writer? "I have lost it" indeed.