Wow WoMos! Where do we even begin?
What a year 2020 was. None of us could possibly have predicted the level of lunacy thrown at us at full pelt. Who would have thought we would end the year with office workers still at home, schools still under tight restrictions and Covid cases worse than March 2020?
Even the toughest most resilient people I know, and I include myself in this, have at some point fallen through sanity into a desperate pool of tears. I had prided myself as someone who managed change well. And I did. This, is next level. The unpredictability as mother, when children are struggling themselves, tests the boundaries of holding it all together.
All we knew as normal, and many of the things that we created in our lives to have a sense of safety and calm, have been whipped out from under our feet. And just as we have a glimmer of hope that we can have things running under a new normal, another kick comes in. The last minute changes from the government, the addition of new tiers we never knew existed and the unknown of exams for my teens is all too much. And explaining to a 4 year old why he can’t see his friends is getting very dull.
Add in work, and the world of the WoMo is stretched to its limits. The incessant ‘Mummy Mummy’ in my ear is breaking me. The need for my attention when all I want is 10 mins of peace and quiet is just too much by mid-afternoon. Calling a friend, suggesting a playdate, or a drink to dilute the pressure is a no go and with families forbidden to mix, and casual childcare a risk, where do we turn?
So as we enter into 2021, I know we will all be diving in with a new sense of optimism. Whether it is the vaccine, or the belief the schools will open, or just sheer bloody-mindedness that we WILL come out the other side, I know there is hope everywhere. Many of you have been personally impacted by Covid, whether yourself or a family member. The locked down life as been tedious at best and at times horrific if you have been seriously unwell with Covid. Let’s keep shining that beacon of light and believe in a better year for 2021. What else is there to do? Believing and keeping faith in our future is what we will continue to do.