Ruby had terminal cancer. it meant that ruby couldn t see any of her friends. she couldn t see her grandparents, she couldn t see her cousins. she saw them all for the last time on a zoom call. ruby died on may 15, 2020. i don t think there are words to describe how painful it is to lose a child, but the fact that we were in lockdown and we couldn t come together, thatjust made something that was already awful even worse. and we couldn t have a funeral, or a meaningfulfuneral. ruby had died on the same day the prime minister and his staff were photographed with bottles of wine and a cheeseboa rd in the downing street garden.
It meant that ruby couldn t see any of her friends. she couldn t see her grandparents, she couldn t see her cousins. she saw them all for the last time on a zoom call. ruby died on may 15, 2020. i don t think there are words to describe how painful it is to lose a child, but the fact that we were in lockdown and we couldn t come together, thatjust made something that was already awful even worse. and we couldn t have a funeral, or a meaningfulfuneral. ruby had died on the same day the prime minister and his staff were photographed with bottles of wine and a cheeseboard in