Woman's Own

Ruth’s FAMILY GUILT

‘I PHONE MY MUM EVERY DAY’

For Ruth Langsford, like a lot of us, the last year has been an eyeopener. Ruth, 61, was separated from her mum Joan, who’s in a care home, for months as the pandemic raged. Ruth recently confessed things are only just getting back to normal, with her mum 

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