Corona Virus. Its all anyone is talking about but Im wondering how are you doing? Im concerned about you all.
Right now we have no cases in our area and yet businesses are closing up. It seems surreal and strange. The boy’s basketball has been cancelled and so all this additional time has felt until now like a holiday but I am sure as things change so will this too. We are still at school, although there is whispers of closures and while we are not self-isolating at this stage we are avoiding large groups and going to the shopping centre when it’s busy. I am doing my best to remember social distancing but students and kids forget and so do I but its something that will be becoming a new normal soon enough.
I have been asked if I will self isolate and I have decided that once there is a confirmed case in my area we will start isolating ourselves. Husband is still at work, unsure when he will be home however he tells me this will more than likely be his last swing for a long time and so I’m on to the bank’s helpline as we speak. I’m trying not to add to the panic and see it as the opportunity for the world to reset.
Honestly, I can’t really fathom this. I did go into Woolworths a few days ago and I said to B2 this is like being in a movie. Staff were busy wiping down trolleys and baskets, shelves stripped bare, a security guard stood at the end of the checkouts, other shoppers wore gloves and face masks whilst over the store PA cheery announcements about COVID 19 and social distancing precautions were made.
It was in the bread aisle that I said to my son I just want to see your dad, my mum and dad. I want a hug and for them to tell me what’s going to happen, I hate uncertainty. He looked at me and said I know what you mean mum. I wanted to burst into tears at that point. He rubbed my back and said lets go mum.
The feeling of the unknown for me has become a physical ache in my shoulders that not even a run can shake. Its the unknown of when will schools close. What will happen with all the border closures? How will our economy take it?
But then I still believe that whilst I know there is a tragedy for some and I’m so sorry for them but what if we used this time to get back to the important stuff so it’s not for nothing.
What if we used this time to start considering and looking after each other. Really go back to being a community, like the days old before we became so individualised.
What if we used it as an opportunity to really start supporting the small businesses of Australia by buying local, and from the back of beyond. To enjoy the land we have and really start to take care of what we have got. The environment now has a chance to breathe.
So despite how tricky economically this is going to be for us as a family and a nation I am I’m trying to think of it as the gift of time and reset.
That we will come together as a community, that we will see the value in supporting each other and our environment and we will come out of this better than we thought.
Here are some things I thought were worth reading:
COVID 19 the basics.
A cartoon for the kids explaining COVID 19
Why this is not just the flu.
So I guess again I want to know how you are you feeling? I would love to know how you are going. This blog and you guys are important to me, thanks for being here.
Stay safe and wash your hands.
Talk soon,
Deb.
