We got a new weather station as a Christmas present last year & its been interesting to observe the various readings each day, it appeals to the geek in me! There isn't a facility to record anything statistically without writing the values down, however, it seems to me that the period from late December until around about now has been defined overall by quite light winds, the screen indicates that as I write the wind speed is just 4 km/hr from the SSE. Maybe this actual season of light winds will change, maybe not but there are signs of a welcome wind of change beginning to blow in society at the moment.
I don't mind admitting that the last week or so of "Pandemic Year" has been the hardest, whilst absolutely acknowledging that others have sadly fared much more badly than ourselves: our "Lockdown 3.0" effectively started in mid-December when Charis' school was closed due to virus issues. Marion's positive test just before Christmas extended the self-isolation period and National Lockdown 3.0 started early January. At the time of writing its just over 100 days since we last worked - for me at least this have never happened in a working life that has spanned 44 years. Marion's unexpected few days in hospital over the weekend (we are deeply grateful that she is now home & well) and subsequent days of convalescing have further added to the general malaise of "Lockdown Life"
However, this last 24 hours has seen something of a "Wind of Change" begin to blow, a change of spirit maybe? Marion received her Covid vaccine yesterday and mine is booked for Monday, the vaccine programme is beginning to look like a great success! On the same day Charis returns to school for a Covid test and will resume lessons on Tuesday. Our work diary was already showing encouraging signs of recovery for late Spring / Summer and more bookings have been added, not in a torrent, rather a very steady encouraging flow - we are delighted!
Our "Community Programme" has always been a feature of working life that has been very close to our hearts, you can find out more information on it here. From next week (08th March 2021) we will be re-starting it on a 1:1 basis and folk have begun to get in touch already, we see it as a real opportunity to begin to re-connect and start to re-build a sense of wellbeing amongst the "Community". This will be followed by the full programme, working in groups of six, starting back up from 29th March! Its very much our prayer that we are indeed able to look forward with much optimism to the months that lie ahead.
There are a few images of the Community in action below.
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