We pause at the start of Week 23 to send communal love and hugs to Sally

Our Deepest Sympathies are with Sally and her family

I won’t be writing a proper entry this week just a brief note to let you know what’s happened.

The last few weeks have been pretty hectic for me and my family. My dad had a heart attack which was very serious but surprisingly he was out of hospital 3 days later.

I got some work which meant leaving London and staying in my parents' house, who I haven't seen for 6 months which was an exciting but very nervous time.

Then on Sunday we got told that my uncle had had a fit in his nursing home and had been rushed to hospital.

Due to Covid no one could visit him but we were told they didn’t think it was anything too serious and my mum was planning for him going back to his home in a few days time then at 3am on Tuesday morning the house phone rang and my mum and dad were asked to get to hospital ASAP.

Unfortunately my uncle had had another fit in his sleep and the doctors could not resuscitate him and he died before my mum could get there.

So that’s my shitty few weeks and hopefully you can understand why I haven’t written a full journal account!

As always, stay safe xx

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