What’s on your mind?

[Herdfan]

Now, when my mother was alive, yes, I always had my phone with me when out, much though this irked me - she was liable to take a bad turn and was prone to falls - and I needed to be contactable by the carer.

So not only do you need to have it with you, but you dread when it rings knowing something went sideways.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

So not only do you need to have it with you, but you dread when it rings knowing something went sideways.

Exactly; and, as she suffered from vascular dementia, (in addition to her many other health problems, such as some serious cardiac stuff), thus, whenever that phone rang, I knew it was either bad news or a problem, an unwelcome problem that it would fall to me to address & solve.