I said goodbye to my mum on loudspeaker
Jun 23, 2020
4 minutes
WORDS: SASKIA MURPHY, SOPHIE NORRIS
‘A week later, Mum could hardly breathe’
Sitting in the pub with my mum, I laughed as she came back from the bar with another bottle of prosecco. It was 13 March this year, and my mum, Kay, and I had met up for a few drinks. To us, it was just a normal Friday night – but, across Europe, the threat of COVID-19 was dominating the headlines. Doctors in northern Italy were warning that mass deaths would soon arrive on UK shores – but, that night in the pub, the virus felt worlds away and Mum was in good spirits, chatting and laughing away as usual.
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