Facebook group for widows sees growing membership amid COVID-19

‘Black Women Widows Empowered’ Facebook page is gaining members quickly because of COVID-19. SAN DIEGO — Thousands of people have lost their spouses during the pandemic. They’re now left alone to care for their children, left alone without their best friend. Some are turning to groups on social media to help them through their grief. “He always opened doors for me, he treated me like a queen,” said Dorez Douglas of Los Angeles.  She lost her husband, Lee, last spring.  “When the [corona]virus hit, he was in a nursing home. I started hearing terrible things about the nursing homes and what they were going through,” said Douglas. Doctors told Douglas he died from a heart attack, however, she suspects he had coronavirus. She never got to say goodbye to him. “Both of them walk in and they go, ‘I’m sorry to tell you we did everything we could for Lee, but he didn’t make it,” she said. “I just was horrified. My daughter and I didn’t know what to say. We just sat there dumbfounded.” “That made it hard to really have closure,” she added.  » Read More