Ground hog days

"This lockdown has been tough. I don’t think anyone expected it to last as long as it has. Most of the time, we have all  'gotten on with it' resignedly."

"However some days there has been a real sense of loss – days and weeks disappearing into nothing. Good memories that could have been but were not. I have felt so sad for our kids who have missed out on so much.

"Down-times do have their silver linings and for me it’s taking the opportunity to be in the ‘now’ to take notice of the beauty that can be in every day – a swan sitting on her nest and becoming a Mum, the family joy of having Daily Bread cinnamon buns delivered, a pod of orca swimming underneath the Harbour Bridge, laughing at old family photos."

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