On lockdown

                              Stay home!

          As this situation escalades, many of us are forced to  balance  between work, homeschooling  and family life, so I thought,  I share my thoughts with you, and I write about, how, we are dealing with the lockdown here in a small town.

              I can't help, but think about the people who can't be safe at home in this challenging time, because they don’t have a home. Yes, those living on the edge of our society, without any roof above their heads. 

We all are grateful, for those who work day and night to keep the world spinning. We say  thank you to them, every day,  with songs, clapping, and by staying put at  home. 

But besides these people, there are men, women and children who don't have the safe harbor to take refugee.

A song, or clapping isn’t much  help for them! 

What they need, is attention. The attention of people who are able to help.

These people are  completely ignored and forgotten.

As many of us are at home, being productive and making huge decluttering around the house, we might as well help those in need; take your old blankets, sheets and clothing, as well as unused toys, books, specially learning materials,  ( many children don't have the needed equipment for home schooling,  you can make a change only by donating a few 📚, so they can at least practice reading.)  to your local shelter or to a Red Cross unit, and if you all already there, ask them what they need, to keep helping the homeless, the poor, the ones struggling with addiction. 

  Donate what you can!  And Remember! These people live from what they receive from us, but we aren’t walking by them anymore, the streets where they live and work are empty now.

 Even though we all are asked to stay home, with a few phone calls you can make anything possible. You can leave your donation on the doorstep,  just make sure you call first, and they give you the green light for.

  The restaurants have already a major loss, because we are not allowed to go out, but it is not forbidden to have takeout, if you do so, order from your local restaurant so they are able to stay alive, and as many of these restaurants donate their leftover to shelters, by keeping them up and running, you are helping indirectly.

  Same goes for grocery stores, as long as they  are open  and functioning, there will be fruit  vegetables, and plenty of food to donate to the shelters. But we, the others, have to be rational. There's enough  food for everyone. The production  has not been cancelled. So be reasonable, but what you need weekly, and go alone, grocery shopping isn’t a family day anymore. 

Behave!  There's no reason to rude to the staff, they follow the rules given from high above. And these rules are here to protect us.

  You can help by offering your help to your older neighbors, to do their grocery run, or go to the drugstore, or anything else they might need to get out of the house for. The less this  generation needs is a virus without a vaccine.

   Beside the people who don't have a roof over their heads,  there are those who live in a closed environment with an abusive spouse or parent. The family and friends can’t interfere anymore, the school psychologist can't help... they are completely left to their fate.

So I'm asking you, my readers and followers, offer your help, for those  who might need it, let them  reach out to you through social media, listen to them, it could safe someone’s life.

And you, who are currently in an abusive relationship, keep in mind:  IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT, HE IS NOT WRIGHT, YOU DON’T DESERVE IT!  If you need help, I'm here, you can contact me, through Facebook Twitter Pinterest and Instagram too. I listen to you, I'm here for you. 

While others enjoy the time given,  and  spend every second soaking in these precious moments,  you pray for this to be over soon. We hear you, we all are here for you! 

Here I'm offering my help, which is no professional help, just a women, whit an extra set of ears.

You are free to  read my blog posts, and get lost in an other world at least. I've written a few posts on decluttering and organizing, and much more on the Feng Shui topic, so give it a try read a few posts, maybe it's your thing, and your happy place to go once in a while.

  

How we are keeping it together? It's not easy.

  First of all, we  had a hard time, with our child, at the beginning kindergarten was not a happy place. As the poor child got the taste of it, and began to  really have fun with the other children, it came to an end...the first few days were pure chaos. Whining, crying, screaming, one meltdown after the other...try to make a 2 year old understand that we are not allowed to go in kindergarten anymore, and on top of it Uncles and Anties are not coming over, you can’t see your granny, can’t go th the playground....etc. When they get used to a rhythm,  they wont dance to an other, but if they hear this new rhythm enough they will get used to it pretty soon.

So basically we had to reschedule our days, after a week, peace was back in our everyday life. We play a lot , we make huge walks in the woods around our town, we go a lot outside, we are fortunate enough to have a garden, keep in touch with the grandparents , and families through social media. I don’t know how many times I googled “how to entertain a 2 year old”, sure did help me a lot. 

As for some me time, 🤪🙄 or better said WE time,( my husband is not working, because of the corona crises,  the company stopped producing to protect its employees)

We are currently under renovation, we're having a makeover of our office/ music room, we are totally "rebuilding" our backyard, and decided to enlarge our kitchen and dining area.  I make sure to do a post on the projects were currently working on, highlighting all the Feng shui aspect of it.

When we made the plans for the house, we did not consider having a child, and yet, here we are with an adorable 2 year old, who needs a safe place to play outside, has a large amount of dishes and cup, that requires extra storage space, our home office needs some major organizing, dads amplifiers, effect pedals and cables must be protected from  those tiny hands,  because they make sure every button is twisted and  turned.  So that's what we're up to lately,  and also the reason I'm  not writing anymore.  We’re got all hands full at the moment, taking turns entertaining our little one, and living life day after day.

Don't worry I'm not giving up on my hobbies.  I'm just adjusting like everybody else does, this is the new normal, and we have to make the best out of it.

Everybody!

I’m asking you,  please, spread love and understanding in this time of need, and help where you can.

If there's nothing else you can do to help, than  STAY HOME. 

You are helping a lot, just by saying home, avoiding physical contact to other people. So if you're able to sit tight at your house, than do so, and search for the positivity while doing it so.

Finish projects you kept avoiding.

Try out new recipes.

Invent new activities for your children, and actively be part of their playtime.

Try new (indoor) hobbies.

Keep in touch with family and friends through internet, and telephone.

Watch a new series, or two. We watched a few already, what can I do? I'm a series junky. ( WOULD welcome a few ideas, what is worth watching)

Read.

Write.

Listen.

Enjoy every moment.

 You’ll hear from me! Love !🕉