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I don’t know why but my mind has taken me back to hight of the pandemic when my mother in law had a stroke, was taken into hospital where she caught covid and after a brief spell of recovery she died not long after her 100th birthday.
It was a hard time … No visitors were allowed on covid wards in fact no one apart from staff and the sick were allowed in hospitals. But as it was her 100th birthday hubby was asked if he would like to join the ward staff as they celebrated her birthday. He went and they kitted him out in PPE and he had an hour or so helping her celebrate. We all hoped she would get through the covid but sadly she did not . She made it to 100, she was determined to , she had a lovely birthday party and thankfully one of her children was with her.💜💜 Mother in laws birthday was in May she died the next month.
Empty corridorsThis belies how desperately busy hospitals wereSo strangely empty no one wandering around, no clinics just desperately busy wards.No visitors allowedcovid wardour front door Empty streets everyone indoorsThe ward staff singing happy birthday.Mum in lawCake and presents.
Female, wife, full time mother and Grandmother. I am not as happy go lucky as I used to be but I am still bubbling along on simmer! I have three handsome sons all grown and flown.The youngest married with a beautiful wife and two sons of his own. Back in 2010 I was working, running a home, driving and socializing then bang in a split second all that was gone. I had an accident at home. I broke my back, not for the first time, I had broken it 10 years previously as well. Unfortunately this time I had broken it really badly and it was truly messed up so I had to have two operations. I was told before each operation that the outcome could mean I spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. Still as some guy once wrote "I am still standing " yes "better than I ever was " I no longer use the walking stick . I had lots of friends before the accident but when things like this happen, you loose most of them. Their lives move on and mine stood still and so they left me behind ...I know that is just the way life is but it hurt and always will. Then I looked around and saw those who were still there for me, these friends are the roses in my garden they need to be tended well. They are the diamonds in the dust. I will of been married 53yrs this comming year. I have found different ways to approach life, use my pain befriend it almost...yer right , well that is what they tell me at the pain clinic ROFLMAO ...... if only I could! I have found an outlet for my fears, frustrations and night terrors . I have started writing poetry if that name can be applied to my writing. I hope I do not come over as a moaning winger. I hope I am past all that. I also hope that you might see how the poetry is moving from very dark through the grey and hopefully in to light.
My back is no longer straight it is C shaped because of the injury and I have lost two and a half inches in height but my Pilates and Core teachers have helped me to stand up as straight and be as strong as possible. Pain and depression are still hanging on my arm but I have weapons to use against them and if I say so myself I cope well.
I have made lots of new friends, real diamonds. I am also very grateful for all the support and help I have encountered here on Wordpress. Hugs and welcome to everyone who visits.
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Yes indeed, they were so empty, because you were in a ward… You stayed there, also staff did not move around wards too much and of course there were no clinics, no visitors and members of the public wandering around. 💜💜
Thank you Nancy. it was a dark time, it also got worse. Apart from many other things, not long after MIL died I was taken ill and had to spend time in hospital, I was scared seeing it and experiencing it all first hand …. I pray we have learned but looking around the world I am not holding my breath.💜💜💜
I’m so sorry for all your heartbreak, Willow. It was an extremely frightening time worldwide. I do not speak my mind regarding politics but I have a definite way of thinking. We need change, we need to root out the evil, we need a savior more than ever before. Pray for the world, Willow. She is broken. 🙏🏼🌎🙏🏼
Oh! I really do agree with you …. I try not talk politics or religion….. Yes you are right we do need a saviour or a hero our world is broken. 💜💜
I am glad she lived to be 100, and I can only marvel at the history she knew first-hand and the changes she witnessed. I am glad the staff allowed your husband to attend the celebration. I think the lack of visitors for people in hospitals (for Covid and other things) was the saddest part of the pandemic.
She was determined to make the century and get her Birthday card from the Queen! and she did. You’re right she was living history, she was born in 1920 and planes would have been new, electric too, she lived through two world wars and saw the rise of the car,plane, space travel, television, radio, phones, mobiles she had a mobile, a computer, laptop and tablet… She saw the rise and near collapse of the NHS
In fact she lived through one fastest advancing and changing century ever ….she was a force of nature!
A Birthday card from the Queen had to be special for her. They both watched as history unfolded around them. It is amazing how much change that generation saw. my mom was born in 1923, and lived to be 92.
It’s amazing isn’t it ….your mum did very well too. My mother in law was in my life nearly 40 years longer than my parents 💜💜💜
That’s amazing.
It is really is isn’t it, certainly makes me stop and think 🤔
Bless her heart, your mother-in-law saw her dream come true, even if it had to be in a hospital ward. May she rest in peace. How caring of the staff to permit her son to celebrate her special day with her. Sounds like she was lovingly taken care of.
This world has lived through a lot of terrible things, but the Covid Pandemic truly changed all of us and life as we knew it. It’s not easy adjusting to the “new normal”. Your photos sum up Covid perfectly. We need a ‘reset button’.
We do need a reset button Ginger definitely.
The pandemic was a bad time for many , as for us we had our fair share of heartaches , stress and scares… But we are still standing … Some of us not all, but however badly the governments of the world mishandled the situation we are still here as a species.
Let’s lighten the mood.
What a beautiful stone archway leading the eye to the sea!
How amazing your MIL lived to see her 100th birthday but how sad she didn’t recover from Covid. What an extraordinarily difficult time that had to be for you both with the government shut downs and restrictions! So many loss lives thanks to this manmade virus by evil ones. The design of that whole chaotic period was control, control over our lives in every aspect and as well as population control. Those who orchestrated this mess I think used it as a way to kill the weak off first and then when panic hit, the hope of a cure – the vaccine that’s linked to very serious health issues even fatalities. Yet, another way to control world population. I don’t mean be such downer but all of this has really opened my eyes to the truth to the length evil people will go to ruin your life. I hope you and hubby can find happiness in the memories of your dear MIL. xo
I agree with most of what you say , governments all over the world mislead and mishandled the whole situation really badly.
It certainly got worse for us, before it got better.
Yes we do have great memories of MIL and think of all the history she saw being made in the century that she lived 💜💜
Such a difficult time for everyone who had family in hospital. She looked amazing for 100!! So happy for her that she made it and terribly sad that she lost out to covid. 🧡💜🧡💜
Hi Dale yes, a dark time for all don’t know why it was with me yesterday. We think she definitely had a few more years in her as she was as bright as a button and determined to live.
She survived cancer twice, in her eighties and nineties, ( non Hodgkin’s lymphoma ) two world wars plus a lot of history 💜💜💜
Hi Willow, I am sorry you have been thinking about that dreadful time. It was horribly cruel that people couldn’t be with their loved ones when they were dying. Huge hugs.
willowdot21 
Lots of great pics!
Thank you Sis one more day then a break 💜💜🍯
Those are some ominous hallway shots
Yes indeed, they were so empty, because you were in a ward… You stayed there, also staff did not move around wards too much and of course there were no clinics, no visitors and members of the public wandering around. 💜💜
It was a very difficult time for everyone.
It certainly was Sadje💜💜
Hugs.
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So many hospital doors. So many unnecessary deaths. So many heartbreaking stories.
I’m sorry this was your experience. Beautifully retold, Willow. 🩶
Thank you Nancy. it was a dark time, it also got worse. Apart from many other things, not long after MIL died I was taken ill and had to spend time in hospital, I was scared seeing it and experiencing it all first hand …. I pray we have learned but looking around the world I am not holding my breath.💜💜💜
I’m so sorry for all your heartbreak, Willow. It was an extremely frightening time worldwide. I do not speak my mind regarding politics but I have a definite way of thinking. We need change, we need to root out the evil, we need a savior more than ever before. Pray for the world, Willow. She is broken. 🙏🏼🌎🙏🏼
Oh! I really do agree with you …. I try not talk politics or religion….. Yes you are right we do need a saviour or a hero our world is broken. 💜💜
I am glad she lived to be 100, and I can only marvel at the history she knew first-hand and the changes she witnessed. I am glad the staff allowed your husband to attend the celebration. I think the lack of visitors for people in hospitals (for Covid and other things) was the saddest part of the pandemic.
She was determined to make the century and get her Birthday card from the Queen! and she did. You’re right she was living history, she was born in 1920 and planes would have been new, electric too, she lived through two world wars and saw the rise of the car,plane, space travel, television, radio, phones, mobiles she had a mobile, a computer, laptop and tablet… She saw the rise and near collapse of the NHS
In fact she lived through one fastest advancing and changing century ever ….she was a force of nature!
A Birthday card from the Queen had to be special for her. They both watched as history unfolded around them. It is amazing how much change that generation saw. my mom was born in 1923, and lived to be 92.
It’s amazing isn’t it ….your mum did very well too. My mother in law was in my life nearly 40 years longer than my parents 💜💜💜
That’s amazing.
It is really is isn’t it, certainly makes me stop and think 🤔
Bless her heart, your mother-in-law saw her dream come true, even if it had to be in a hospital ward. May she rest in peace. How caring of the staff to permit her son to celebrate her special day with her. Sounds like she was lovingly taken care of.
This world has lived through a lot of terrible things, but the Covid Pandemic truly changed all of us and life as we knew it. It’s not easy adjusting to the “new normal”. Your photos sum up Covid perfectly. We need a ‘reset button’.
Ginger🦋
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We do need a reset button Ginger definitely.
The pandemic was a bad time for many , as for us we had our fair share of heartaches , stress and scares… But we are still standing … Some of us not all, but however badly the governments of the world mishandled the situation we are still here as a species.
Let’s lighten the mood.
Here is my favourite Imogen Heap
What a beautiful stone archway leading the eye to the sea!
How amazing your MIL lived to see her 100th birthday but how sad she didn’t recover from Covid. What an extraordinarily difficult time that had to be for you both with the government shut downs and restrictions! So many loss lives thanks to this manmade virus by evil ones. The design of that whole chaotic period was control, control over our lives in every aspect and as well as population control. Those who orchestrated this mess I think used it as a way to kill the weak off first and then when panic hit, the hope of a cure – the vaccine that’s linked to very serious health issues even fatalities. Yet, another way to control world population. I don’t mean be such downer but all of this has really opened my eyes to the truth to the length evil people will go to ruin your life. I hope you and hubby can find happiness in the memories of your dear MIL. xo
I agree with most of what you say , governments all over the world mislead and mishandled the whole situation really badly.
It certainly got worse for us, before it got better.
Yes we do have great memories of MIL and think of all the history she saw being made in the century that she lived 💜💜
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It must have been a terrible time for families not being allowed to visit sick relatives in hospital during Covid.
It was and it was difficult enough not being able to see family and grandchildren at home too 💜💜
Such a sad, terrible time. What a nightmare for you, and may we never have such separation again.
I agree with you Jennie, so much separation and heartache. So much time lost. …I hope it never happens again 💜💜
Such a difficult time for everyone who had family in hospital. She looked amazing for 100!! So happy for her that she made it and terribly sad that she lost out to covid. 🧡💜🧡💜
Hi Dale yes, a dark time for all don’t know why it was with me yesterday. We think she definitely had a few more years in her as she was as bright as a button and determined to live.
She survived cancer twice, in her eighties and nineties, ( non Hodgkin’s lymphoma ) two world wars plus a lot of history 💜💜💜
Jeez Louise! You can look at it as she deserved a rest after all that. 🧡🧡🧡
Yup you certainly can 💜
Ease the pain a tad 💞
Oh Willow, I am so sad reading this, but she made it to 100! What a fe that is! And I am glad your hubby got to spend an hour celebrating with her. X
It was her dearest wish, thank you Carol 💜
Hi Willow, I am sorry you have been thinking about that dreadful time. It was horribly cruel that people couldn’t be with their loved ones when they were dying. Huge hugs.
Thank you Robbie I don’t know what brought those thoughts to me 💜💜💜
I sometimes think about Covid, but it feels like a dream
Yes a very dark one 💜💜