Embracing This Storm
Is this the ‘New Normal’?
This year (2020) has been like no other. With COVID-19 all around us, we are all experiencing a wild storm of uncertainty. We are just perhaps in different boats, as our experiences differ amidst this uncertainty.
How do we navigate everything that is impacting us, our family and friends? What can we do to find a new sense of normality?
Latest from ‘Embracing This Storm’
Read the most recent posts – my musings, thoughts and some handy ideas of things to do with friends and family…
Time for Celebrations
Sometimes when I look back at what the world has gone through this past two years, I must admire the resilience of humanity. Never in our lifetimes would we have imagined the world almost coming to a standstill with a global pandemic. Businesses have had to stop and close; airlines have been grounded; schools closed;…
A Jolly Safety Christmas
As we watch the daily news with headlines talking about cases rising, this new variant sparking the likelihood of another pending lockdown and tighter restrictions, I feel like a sitting duck waiting for Covid to strike our family. Another Christmas and New Year’s impacted by this pandemic feels inevitable. I had made some lovely plans…
Keep Calm and Stay Safe
Here we go again. Another variant and cases rising. But let’s be honest we’ve been there before; we know the drill. So, what’s different this time? We have more people vaccinated, we have more science and knowledge, and we are now well accustomed to social distancing and other safety measures. For many of us we miss our…
When does this all end?
I’m frustrated. I’m exhausted. I’m done! Anyone else? It can’t be just me?? I still often wonder how we have got to this place? How are we still here? Why can’t we make this all stop? It feels like a bad dream that we just can’t wake up from. My sensible side, however, tells me…
Virtually Starting a New Job
Yes I did! I started a brand new job with a brand new company just over six months ago (in the midst of this pandemic and lockdowns and restrictions). I interviewed virtually. Completely over zoom meetings. No face to face. And, my interviews were always in smart but casual clothes sitting in my home office.…
Covid Time Warp
It’s been a while I know. I’m sorry for that. I’m sure like many of you the events of the last two years have created many ups and downs. More lockdowns, restrictions everywhere, constantly being updated on case numbers and death rates, feeling helpless to support those experiencing the fallout of the pandemic and the…
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