Doors and hinges

It all hinges on the following.... or rather, nothing hinges on the hinges.
Our front door came close to falling off this week, and so we are having to use the side door, the one that opens into our bedroom.
Gone are afternoon naps.
Gone is the sense of privacy that a front door protects.
And to come is the price of fixing the door.

The problem is not the hinge. Not even the children swinging on the door, which is what has probably pulled the hinge from the door frame.

The problem is the construction of the frame: the screws go into a gap between two pieces of wood, and with the years those two pieces of wood have separated, drawn apart --- and their divorce has left us doorless. We will probably have to perform reconstructive surgery on the door frame to make it all better again.

For now, though, we're begging you not to knock!

Yours, hoping to avoid the knock-on effect,
N.