did for us 3/3

Your contracting business grew. As did the commutes. You travelled a lot down south. Then things expanded and you got hired by a number of large Pharmaceuticals in Europe. The stamina. You dug really deep. I remember you getting up at 4.00 am on a Monday morning. You would drive to Manchester airport then fly out to Germany for a week. Then come home late on Friday. You’d warm your tea up in the microwave. You did it with a smile on your face.

That new lease of life not many would be brave enough to grab.

When people ask what does your Dad do I say he works on cancer cures. Not exactly in a lab or near the patients. But you’re the guy who makes the software that analyses the data that they test new drugs on. Did I get that right?

You started over at 47.