My Lockdown

Just one among millions

First off, I was pretty much retired before this all started. The pension comes in and although it isn’t a lot, at least we can eat.

My wife had sepsis in January and has come out of that with a heart problem. This puts her in a ‘vulnerable’ category, so she is forbidden to leave the house until mid-June. My youngest granddaughter was diagnosed later the same month with Type 1 diabetes and is under a similar quarantine. Both she and her sister are at home because their school is closed, and my daughter is a single mum who normally works at a greeting-card…