I lost my father in July this year, to cancer and renal failure, at 84...I hadn't seen him to talk to since March as he was locked in a nursing home, and it would not have helped me anyway as he had dementia and didn't know who I was. Two of my brothers were not permitted to come from overseas for the funeral and it was a near thing that my sister and brother were permitted for the funeral as they live interstate. It was difficult.

I empathise with you over your loss and also share your feelings as stated in this post. You certainly say it in a better way than I ever could, however my thoughts are the same. I just wanted to say that.

becoming fed up with what I am increasingly beginning to view as a quasi-religious cult of cowardice and how it is being exploited by corporate and political elites to justify their dehumanizing treatment of the public.

It's that, above, and so much more, as you mention in paragraph four...Said so eloquently and plainly.

It's been a tough year for so many and I think the residual effects will reverberate for a long time to come, even if just in the recess of our own minds.

This is the first time I've come across your posts but I'm glad it was this one I found.

I wish you the best and hope you keep putting one foot in front of the other; Moving forward.