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It has been 2 years and 5 months since the first Covid-19 case in the UK, and on 2nd July 2022, I was finally struck by the virus myself. This is how it has changed my life... Living in fear Even though I had been fully vaccinated and boosted, I still felt shaken after my late mother passed away from Covid-19. She had also been double vaccinated and lived a reasonably healthy lifestyle. Since then, it has really hit me that no one truly knows how Covid-19 will affect each per

The feelings I felt and the words I didn't speak.. . during the 100 days and nights I stayed by my parents altar... When my dad passed away on 8th December 2020, we were in lockdown in the UK. I stayed at the family home with my mum, my sister, my brother, my niece and nephew, and we all mourned together. We had to burn incense continuously, day and night, until the funeral, which took place four weeks after my dad passed away. After the funeral, we no longer needed to keep t

A journal of Dad’s six-week battle with cancer, and how it changed my life. Monday 26th October 2020 I was doing my regular fortnightly visit to my parents’ house, dropping off some supplies. I made some dinner for Dad, and that was when I noticed something wasn’t quite right... It was around 6pm when I heated up some congee for him. He sat up from the sofa and took a spoonful, but before I knew it, he vomited it straight back up. “Dad, are you okay?” I asked. That was when h