Grief in the time of Covid: some reflections on loss

What wisdom can you reach for when the unimaginable happens?

On 6th February my apparently healthy 25-year old son Raphaël collapsed and died. Every week, all over the world, thousands of young lives like his are snatched away by sudden cardiac failure.

Who knew?

Not me.

Before that, I was like most people. I never spent much time thinking about death.

I was aware that losing a child is the worst thing any parent can experience. But although I feared it, I never thought it would happen to...