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Me and Lockdown

I felt sad because I couldn't see my boyfriend. We were messaging each other. I went for walks with my mum. I also did some gardening...

[Re]Focus: Exploring Unheard Voices | A Film by The Baked Bean Company

Lockdowns, loneliness and everything in between. One year on from the biggest change in our lifetime, actors at The Baked Bean Company...

Summer holiday with Ron and Me

Susie remembers holidays with her husband who died at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in April 2020. Me, Ron, and Jenny went on...

Remembering Valentine's Day

On Valentine’s Day morning I gave Ron a Valentine’s present and card and he gave me a nice Valentine’s card. I put on Ron’s card,...

Remembering Our Wedding

Before we got married we were together 25 years. On the night before our wedding Ron went to Fleur de Lys. I was at Church Road all night...

New Year’s Eve: The Happy Times me and Ron had

New Year’s Eve 2019/20, before the Covid came, we spent together and we had lunch and a drink. We sat down together and we were together...

Christmas Story and Christmas Memories

About a month ago I went to the Robin Hood pub with Toni, my carer. This was the local pub that I used to go to with my husband Ron. When...

Celia and Adrian’s Story

This post originally appeared on the UCL website. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused the UK population to live in uncertainty, fear and...

Wedding Anniversary in Lockdown

I would have enjoyed lockdown much more if my husband was here. For me the lockdown was a lonely time as Ron died at the beginning. I...

Ron Going To Hospital

On his birthday, which was 7th April 2020, I gave my husband Ron his presents and he really liked them very much. He thanked me very...

Life in Lockdown: Lucy, October 2020

This post originally appeared on the All Wales People First blog. How am I feeling today? Feeling better than I was on Monday. I can feel...

Life in Lockdown: Sophie, September 2020

This post originally appeared on the All Wales People First blog. I’m having to isolate for 14 days from today, because I’m going into...

My husband Ron - I loved him very much and I still do

Ron and I got married in 2005. The reason why I married Ron was because I fell in love with him and I still love him. I fell in love with...

The personal impact of COVID-19 emergency ‘reasonable endeavours’ policy

This post originally appeared on Byline Times titled "CORONAVIRUS CRISIS Government Suspends Key Protections for Children with Special...