12th August 2020, Auckland NZ rolls straight into lockdown three with a family from the Southside testing positive with no known contacts, and who have been in contact with maybe 100s! Shops closed, sports cancelled, activity once again limited to our own back yard! A new one for George and I, and one desperately in need of some attention! Lawns, gardens, hedge trimming and weed pulling.
My weekend ended devouring the last of the mussel fritters and enjoying some time at the beach. George returned from a weekend with his mates from the mountain (no skiing had) and dad took a road trip with his youngest son….at least we all left the house and had our own adventures, not knowing that three days later we would be put back in gaol to avoid a second wave of covid.
These times are taking their toll on everyone in many different ways, tension, stress, changes and uncertainty. Our lot is no exception and time will show us the way. We just need to remember we can’t save the world, fix everything or have our dreams come true all the time. I guess if we stay home, stay safe, be kind and eat well we will all be OK.
But a stroll around the garden and the daffodils are popping up showing signs of hope and life…
Some of us need to stay under an umbrella and keep our family close
Some of us like to stand tall in a crowd and dare to be different….
Some of us like to melt into the masses, and cruise through life on a smooth path, unnoticed and happy in obscurity….
Some of us are just comfortable anywhere, and blossom in any conditions, side by side with different species…
And some are waiting for their time to light up the world…
Is there a moral to this? I guess we all have different personalities, with different hopes and dreams. We all deal with situations in our own way; some ways may be right and some ways may be wrong but we all bloom one way or another, in our own time! And the world is just not perfect and neither are we!
Day to day we work, we play, we buy lotto tickets, we help others (or we don’t), we cook, we clean and we wear face masks when we go out.
All who wander are not Lost girls 