Isolation is making us re-discover our greatest strength:
that connection with others is necessary for our survival.
It’s the beginning of week five of being at home and practicing social distancing. Right before schools were supposed to start again after the March holidays (in Hamburg, Germany at least), we got the news that for the next month we will be staying home, working from home, schooling from home, and distancing ourselves from others. Needless to say, my [and many people’s] anxiety went through the roof.
The first couple of weeks were absolutely chaotic and filled with questions about how to manage work and having kids around full-time. Somehow families all around have managed: kids are being home-schooled (or not) and parents are working (sort of).
Questions about health and going out were, and have been, less easy to answer. News outlets are constantly bombarding us with information about the hows and whys of this pandemic. It seems that feeling overwhelmed is the new normal.
Living this pandemic in Germany, however, feels like a ‘good’ place to be at during this situation. There are restrictions in place but life so far seems to be going on as normal as could be.
In Hamburg, we can still go out and enjoy bike rides and strolls by the river and parks, as long as it’s a maximum of two…
