Today is the Department for Culture, Media and Sport COVID-19 Day of Reflection. It seems crazy to think that we are now six years on from when the pandemic first entered our world.
The Day of Reflection is an opportunity for the nation to reflect and come together to remember those that lost their lives and to honour the tireless work and acts of kindness shown by many during the pandemic.
To mark today, I’ve chosen to release an exclusive extract from my book, Is Daddy Going to be OK? on the WAY Widowed and Young website. It recalls a conversation I had the week before my late husband died. Under normal circumstances, it’s a conversation that would have happened face to face. It’s a stark reminder of how different the world was then and the difficult conversations both the NHS and those with loved ones in hospital had to have six years ago.
Today is a day for reflecting. For thinking about those we’ve lost and my thoughts are with everyone that is still living with the aftermath of the pandemic in whatever guise or has experience of what it was like to be bereaved during the pandemic and to be widowed young 💛
Life is a rollercoaster 