I wrote this in 2020, when Covid first started to affect all our lives. I thought I may restart my blog with tips on the 100s of new hobbies I've started since covid and found this in drafts.
Sadly Covid got my dad, not the actual virus but the effects of lockdown. He went from being a super active, very social 90 year old to an old 93 year old sat in a chair with less and less mobility every day. He died December 2023.
In tribute to my dad 1930-2023
My dad rings me every day and he has a chat. He's a very happy, chatty person so all I have to do is listen. I umm and ahh and make noises, he doesn't need me to talk. Since my mum died eight years ago, he just needs someone to listen.
He'll be ninety this year. He is a very socially active person and the lockdown is really hitting him hard. He has lots of friends, mostly women half his age, he's a sweet talker and all those his age have one by one passed away.
When lockdown was first suggested, and over 70s asked to stay at home for TWELVE WEEKS he was not impressed. He thought "they" were all "idiots" and "it wasn't this bad during the Blitz" (he grew up in London) but luckily a few friends, and one in particular, said they were self isolating and he eventually came round to the idea. Well his version of it.
He'll be ninety this year. He is a very socially active person and the lockdown is really hitting him hard. He has lots of friends, mostly women half his age, he's a sweet talker and all those his age have one by one passed away.
When lockdown was first suggested, and over 70s asked to stay at home for TWELVE WEEKS he was not impressed. He thought "they" were all "idiots" and "it wasn't this bad during the Blitz" (he grew up in London) but luckily a few friends, and one in particular, said they were self isolating and he eventually came round to the idea. Well his version of it.
