This is a photo of my husband's grandmother on her 90th birthday. She turned 90 right in the middle of the COVID epidemic, which claimed the lives of some of her friends and isolated others. While she had wanted to throw a party to celebrate the occasion, such gatherings in Belgium were not allowed at the time. We still wanted to mark the occasion, so we decorated her son's house with streamers and balloons, and bought her a crown to wear. We also ordered dinner from her favourite restaurant. It was the happiest I saw her in a long time - the isolation from COVID really took its toll, particularly on the elderly. Since this photo was taken, she since passed (at the age of 93). I still look back on this evening, and how happy she had been to be the queen for the night.