It’s ok to feel saddened by the loss of experiences our kids might be having- playing outdoors with friends, fish and chips at the beach, visiting with loved ones. Amid all the loss people are facing and the changes to our work and lives, I have to admit it was when my daughters’ activities were cancelled that I was teary; the missing out of life experiences that we had planned for them. It sounds trivial, and on one level it is, but I was so excited to see rumis face when she saw Emma Wiggle live! And to hear of faiths 5 day stay interstate alone with her big sisters in Sydney over Easter - something they would hold dear forever. This is when it felt real to me, despite everything else happening. When rumi asks to see her granddad or for her favourite people to take her to the park, that’s when my heart breaks and tears come. I think it’s ok for this to be the trigger to release some of the tension we as adults are experiencing and holding for our children and for those we love. The trigger to release the overwhelm, the disbelief the anxiety for the future. We have become so incredibly resilient as parents, and yet when our little ones are affected in even these little ways, it seems to cut right through. Lots of love to everyone ❤️
