On Mother’s Day 2020, Covid-19 was only just beginning to change our lives, with the instruction to socially distance and limit travel to essential journeys. For many, this meant the day was spent apart from our mums, as we trialled – as amateurs – a world of virtual connection and celebration. One year on, we never could have predicted the losses we would have endured across the nation and world. Some people haven’t been able to see their mums for all that time, some have been grieving all over again for parents departed during a time when they’ve needed them most. For many more, the same virus that has consumed our lives has taken away a mother, too.