Life can thrown us a curve ball at any point. This can be in a world-changing way or a small personal setback. Recently my life was changed by both of my children leaving home to go to university. I was helped by structuring my day as a crochet maker. I found this to be a disorientating time, coming with a mix of sadness due to ’empty nest syndrome’, but also a relief that they had finally taken the next step moving towards adulthood. This unsettling period raised a variety of mixed emotions and although I expected this sort of challenge, I hadn’t banked on the physical loss of habits like…