Thanks Bamnan (and all the other nice folks who liked the post), you’re definitely right about that. Puts plenty of other things firmly into perspective. Hope you keep getting the good news about your mum too 
I don’t have a link to any of my bands stuff unfortunately - we’re just rehearsing for a friend’s wedding currently and then we’ll see where it takes us after that. Here’s an Elliott Smith cover I did last year if you’re interested though. Only realised after recording all the instrumental parts that the vocal was really hard and I couldn’t sing it very well - so they’re a bit wonky. Damn Elliott, made it sound so effortless: