Dearest Bloggets, how are you all doing/feeling? For those
of my Bloggets who are living on your own, especially those of you who can’t
get out for whatever reason, I’m feeling your stress, pain and loneliness! Please
readers, if you know of someone who is living on their own, can you phone them
for a chat, email them or knock on their door, step away as they answer and
just ask them if they are OK? Try to have a light chat with them and remember,
they may not be in such a good mood, so be prepared, but you could save a life
by doing this.
I have been so touched by some people who have asked if we
need help, people I never imagined and those people will stay in my heart
forever. I won’t forget it for sure, especially the kids in our street, there
are two who work in a shop who have offered to get us anything we need, I feel
so warm inside when I think of that moment of kindness. We have not taken them
up on their offer, but if I was totally desperate, I know they are there and
that is the most important thing. As when this all started, oh the level of
anxiety was so terrible I am sure that was part of the contribution towards my
heart pains I was having for a week. Total panic struck I was having panic attacks
worrying myself sick wondering how we were going to get our shopping especially
when we couldn’t even get a slot for a delivery.
Hub and I are so independent mainly because in our past when
we did ask for help, we didn’t get it, so we learned to do it on our own. And what
we can’t do we do without, but when it comes to food, that is a totally
different situation, again, because of my past.
And I think I need to keep learning to drop my past and live for now and
the future, having said that, who would have guessed that last year at this
time we would be talking about 2020 being a year when we were all told we
couldn’t hug our children if they didn’t live in our house, we couldn’t even
have our kids in our house and we couldn’t go shopping as most shops if not all
would be closed?
I’m not sure how it will work when Hub goes back to work as
right now, he goes by train well how can you as a person without sight, avoid
people? And from what I have heard, people are seeing people with guide dogs
and they are not doing anything to keep away from them and then we have the
situation where by a year ago, I would have said to those gifted with sight, if
they see a person who is blind out in the town, village, on transport, to just
ask if they need assistance? Now we are saying avoid us? Gosh it’s awful. Especially
as how now can we get assistance in the train station? Unless the staff who
normally do that job wear PPE?
I know right now my Husband is working with trying to sort
that out. He is working fine from home,
but there is so much to do he is working very hard with a ten minute break
after about five hours work then back to writing, and mainly having on line
meetings about what to do next. He is shut away in a room whilst I am here
downstairs with my beautiful dogs who are coping with this nightmare we are
living through.
I say nightmare, but so far thank God, no one I love has
died and I thank God for that every day. We have a lovely house and now, food
and no stress about getting food after four weeks of hell, we now can order
with ease.
Hell, as in I am missing my tiny family so much. I told my
Son I am going to hug him so much I am never going to leave go. Haha. He thinks
I’m joking…
My dearest friends Geordie, my footballer’s wife, and the
footballer himself have been coming to my house once a week to take our dogs out
for a walk and they have walked the legs off them. The process is funny, she texts
me when she has arrived and I send them out with leads attached and they grab
them half way down the drive.
Coming back, they do the same text I open the door the dogs
run in I sterilise the leaders and collars then take them out brush them put
hand gel on my hands and wipe them down then come in and clean my hands
But to be honest, I’m not sure we really know what is best,
who knows how this is spread. I really believe it’s airborne. I fear it’s going
to mutate and we may find a vaccination, but if it mutates, we will be back to
square one surely?
I know all across the world I am hearing from people who are
saying the birds sound so much louder. Perhaps they are happier or there are a
few more of them or we are just hearing them now as there isn’t as much horrid
traffic sounds.
They too may be enjoying the clean air. In parts of Africa where cars would once
travel, lions are now sleeping. And geese are laying eggs in places where would
once be populated.
So, when we are feeling so sad and worried, think of the
beautiful creatures who are not being ruined by man.
Oh. And woman….
When we are feeling alone, think of the future when we will
have dinner again with our loved ones where as who knows, if we had mingled and
carried on as normal, we or they, may not have had a future. And we would never
again be allowed to have hugs or family meals with them as one of us would be
missing….
As a person who is blind, this is a worrying time for me and
my Husband. Both having no vision at all, what does our future look like and on
a totally selfish note, 2020 was meant to be the year when our Government in
the UK were to give a lot of money to eye research, but obviously now that won’t
be happening.
I have to say, I am very proud of our government who I feel
have done an amazing job and hold their meetings so eloquently every day at 5
pm.
I still sit around my Alexa and listen to the broadcast and
when Hub can, he joins me.
I hope we all learn from this time and I hope we will all be
better people because of it. Less selfish, kinder to others and moreover, the
environment. I hope we all walk places rather than get in our cars and ask our
neighbours if they need anything when we go shopping, to save them going if
they need only a couple of items. Halving the traffic and people, or at least
significantly reducing the amount of people out and about.
Hang in there and lets all hope for a better, brighter more
beautiful future. Remember, talk to each other and you can email me any time.
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