Will you see your family and friends in a different light I think we all take our loved ones for granted at times but this has really made me realise how much they mean to me,As I’m sat hear waiting for the wife to finish work it’s got me thinking the wife like lots of other hero’s has worked tirelessly on icu since covid started and the stories I hear can be horrific. She is amazing and I love her more than I ever realised.I miss my mates
and brothers/ sisters and I for one will not take things for granted anymore
A little bit of a wake up call for me.....
I realised that some people are selfish self serving individuals and think of nothing or no one other than themselves. They don’t give a fuck about you or I or the greater good. Nobody is going to tell them what to do, or when to do it.
On the other side there are completely selfless individuals who think of others before themselves, think of the greater good and their community and how to help them.
I have two sisters who are nurses, one of them is a single parent and is sending her kid into school to get taught bugger all, so she can do 12 hour shifts in hospital during the week followed by home teaching at weekends....never complains, just gets on with it.
I had a good think about what type of person I am and more importantly, how I would want my family and young son to remember me through Covid. I’ve followed all of the rules, tried to help out my elderly neighbours, not complained about any of the measures...just dealt with them as I could. Just after Xmas I volunteered to become a vaccinator with St John Ambulance. I had the interview last week and will start the online training this week....I have to do a minimum of 2 shifts a month but as I work full time, home school too, I will only be able to do those shifts at weekends....
Im just a regular person and I’ve been in awe of my sisters and all those in the front line, be they teachers, doctors, or supermarket workers. I just want to do whatever small thing I can to help my community and for my lad to remember that I stepped up....
On your OP, I won’t take my family for granted again. We usually have big Xmas get togethers and it caused a lot of upset that we couldn’t do it in 2020. I’ve got elderly grand parents too and they have been through hell the last 5 months....one of them has dementia which has accelerated meaning he had to be moved to a nursing home....the other had a nasty fall several weeks ago and broke her hip...had to spend some time in hospital and then a home to convalesce.....