Editor's letter 6th September 2020: Why life’s boring bits are actually the best Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life Editor’ s letter Why life s boring bits are actually the best By You Magazine - September 6, 2020 Hands up if this sounds familiar: you’re midway through a Saturday night dinner with your long-term other half when you realise you’ve spent the past 20 minutes discussing re-grouting the bathroom. ‘It’s happened,’ you think. ‘We have become that couple. We have nothing left to talk about. We will start asking friends who visit which route they took – then wince and make noises about roadworks when they mention the North Circular. And I could have sworn it’s only five minutes since we were 20-somethings drinking cocktails on a rooftop in Ibiza…’ Well, after reading Julia Llewellyn Smith’s heartbreakingly raw interview with Kate Garraway, I will never, ever dismiss how lucky I am to talk about mundane household chores with my husband. In March this year, Kate and her husband of almost 15 years, Derek Draper, were having one of those everyday discussions over brunch; just a week later, Derek was in a medically induced coma suffering from Covid-19. As I write, he is still in a minimally conscious state while Kate is coping and holding up their two children by channelling Derek’s ‘silly sense of humour’. I find her resilience in the face of such fear and uncertainty superhuman, but she just says, ‘As a mum I can’t just go to bed and cry for 24 hours’. There has been so much grief and pain in 2020, we’ve had to resort to clichés such as: ‘It makes you realise what’s important’ because, frankly, nothing else makes much sense. While it’s not an easy read – she doesn’t sugar-coat the horror or the heartache – I can’t thank Kate enough for sharing her story. In showing how life can throw any of us a curveball without warning, she really has reminded us what matters. And it’s not cocktails in fancy bars; it’s being able to ask your husband whose turn it is to put the bins out. JO ELVIN IS AWAY Editor’ s picks A few things I’m coveting this week Out of the habit of wearing heels? Pretty flats are my dress-up solution. Pumps, £295, sophiawebster.com Wear your enthusiasm with pride. Necklace, £27, hoopsandchains.com Makes my house smell of fresh laundry. Candle, £50 for non-members, members pay £16.41, beautypie.com RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Everything we know about The Crown season 5 Aldi s exercise equipment is on sale with up to 50% off The best Halloween events for 2022 across the UK Popular in Life The You magazine team reveal their New Year s resolutions December 31, 2021 Susannah Taylor The TLC tools your body will love January 23, 2022 How to stop living in fear February 6, 2022 Susannah Taylor My pick of the fittest leggings February 27, 2022 Women’ s Prize for Fiction 2022 winner announced June 17, 2022 These BBC dramas are returning for a second series June 30, 2022 Susannah Taylor gives the lowdown on nature s little helper – CBD April 17, 2022 The baby names that are banned across the world April 27, 2022 The Queen has released her own emojis May 26, 2022 Sally Brompton horoscopes 27th June-3rd July 2022 June 26, 2022 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved