Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Looking forward?
I have been lying awake in bed listening to the radio..... nothing has inspired me to any sort of optimism. Its still dark outside but light is just edging its way over the horizon. That it will be light in an hour is now becoming an optimistic thought..... mostly though I am feeling uncharistically depressed. Yes, we will emorge from this pandemic eventually but I have started to think that life as we have known it has gone...never to return. Normal from now on will be different I suspect. I am not depressed I believe...I just hear all this and though we will emerge from this pandemic at some stage in the future I suspect that something else will take its place...and we have no way of guessing what that might be. We are all being very brave right now....and looking forward to next year when things will become much as it was. Back to normal? Easy for those of us who have retired from our jobs and can live comfortably on our pensions...but I fear the next generation may not be so fortunate. I hope I am wrong but this is beginning to feel that life as we have known it has gone. I am sure we will all try to be positive and look forward to better times ahead.... and let no one mention Brexit!
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The unmentionable B word Wrecks it for most people in the future.
Good afternoon Jean.
Hope the day is looking brighter now the sun has risen.
Take care
It can be hard to be optimistic about the future, particularly as the vaccine will not reach many of us for months to come. We are warned that Masks and distancing and sanitization faces us for months to come. For those who've been isolating for so long, it must be quite a dark prospect.
I feel fortunate that I have the outlets of church, my spouse has made a good recovery from her stroke and is back at work part-time, although they have now revoked her driving licence until she can prove medically that she is fit to drive, which could be difficult as without a licence she is unable to demonstrate that to the DVLA.
I am driving her at the moment, which I don't mind as it is the least that I can do, but it is frustrating for her as she has always been so self reliant.
Christmas cards are starting to arrive and the prospect of Christmas Services are on the borizen. We are going to stick with midnight mass and stream a pre-recorded service on Christmas Day. We need respite and a few days of rest over the period of Christmas. I will be preaching at the 10 am on Christmas Eve. We are not doing Christingle as it is too risky, with dozens of families in church, there will no way we can control dozens of children, who are always excited. We will do a virtual one online, which will involve the Vicar and one or two others.
A friend has been told that her husband in a care home is now on palliative care and will probably die in the next week or so, but she can't visit to hold his hand at the end. Which is exceedingly cruel in my view. The government has made it clear that this is wrong, but care homes seem to be a law unto themselves. I can see a solicitor becoming involved before this is over.
So, upwards and onwards. I am off soon to clean the church to make it Covid19 safe before our 10 am service. The delights of doing things I used to do with a small team of volunteers, I now do alone for safety.
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