Esther McCarthy: Signing up to the We Do Not Care Club

"The other day, I started crying over the position of a fruit bowl on the table, and made the cat run into the sliding glass door in confusion. Then I had to add ‘worry about cat concussion’ to my checklist."

Esther McCarthy: appreciator of a well-positioned fruit bowl. Picture: Emily Quinn

I would not have thought I’d have much in common with a black lady from Florida, but one of the many wonders of the internet is you can find communion in the most unlikely of places.

Melani Sanders is a 45-year-old wife and mother and the founding member of the ‘We Do Not Care’ Club (we know this because she has it written on a bit of paper and paper-clipped onto her t-shirt).