This current lockdown, which was only meant to be a week, is now heading into its 7th week! This one feels long and drawn out. Holly really hit a wall this week, for a beautiful girl who is always full of positivity, energy and excitement, she wasn't great. I had to drag her out of bed and she didn't smile for 2 days. Its scary the toll this pandemic is having on mental health. We have been so lucky and only seen a tiny glimpse of it. On Thursday I invited her friend Isabella over to hang out on the deck. It made the world of difference. Its amazing to see how much of a part friends play in the part of a happy teenager. They had the best day, climbing trees, taking photos and being silly ... and we got our girl back.
On another note, one silver lining in all of this has been the independance in the kids. Its like we have children of the 80's. They now take themselves off on bike rides aroudn the neighbourhood, walk to 7-11 to get lollies and even down to high street to the chicken and chips shop to get hot chips for lunch picking up friends along the way. When the weather is nice, they are outside, climbing trees, the roof and making rope swings. Its cool to see. They have always been inventive, but boredum is taking inventive to new levels.
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