Walk with Suzie

As we take tentative steps out of lockdown into a gentler set of restrictions, and wait nervously to discover if the dreaded second wave is coming, I’ve been thinking back over the last 4 months. To say it’s been a strange time would be an understatement. But it’s not been an awful time.

I’ve been so thankful not to have lost anyone close to me, or even to have anyone I know well experience any severe symptoms (yet). I’ve been thankful my husband and I kept our jobs and so we’ve not had to worry about making the next mortgage payment. I’ve been thankful to be able to get food deliveries and to be able to order online almost everything we’ve needed. I’ve been thankful that my children have kept me entertained and busy, if somewhat tired. But most of all I’ve been thankful to have some wonderful people in my life. My lockdown heroes.

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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the things we try to teach our children. There’s so much I want them to understand or to be able to do as they get older, and it’s hard to know where to start or what’s actually important. It’s got me thinking about my parents and all they taught me over the years, and what they continue to teach me. And since it’s Fathers’ Day this weekend, and since my dad has taught me an awful lot, I thought I’d share a few nuggets of his wisdom with you all.

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Over the last few days the world has been shaken, hard. We’re in the midst of a crippling pandemic, killing hundreds of thousands and infecting millions across the globe. That’s big news. It’s taken over the papers and news sites and social media almost since the start of the year. But last week there was a different piece of big news. About 1 death. And that 1 death has sent ripples and waves and now a tsunami of reactions rolling throughout the globe.

That 1 death is of course George Floyd. It’s 1 death, but it’s also the latest in a line of countless deaths. Deaths that happen because we don’t understand how to live with our differences.

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