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The last 7 months have been an enduring time for Australians. The 2019 bushfire season devastated the country. My town was impacted by 'the monster' Gospers Mountain fire on the 22nd of December. This wiped out the majority of a nearby small town just days before Christmas. The fire caused many towns; including mine, to be blanketed in smoke from November through to mid-January. the state of NSW had to stay inside to avoid the hazardous smoke. We endured 3 months of confinement.
We rejoiced when the fires were finally extinguished and we could breathe fresh air, swim for the remainder of summer, and return to normal. We endured all this, unaware of the biological crisis that had begun to unfold on the other side of the world. One that would impact us all in the months to come.
COVID19 had finally reached our country by February this year and sent us all back into the confinement of our homes for at least another 3 months.
We are all feeling drained, scared, sad and lost right now. 2020 hasn’t been what we have hoped for, but it has already brought its lessons. We are now learning to adapt our lives outside of comfort zones. We are now finding different ways to work, create and educate ourselves and our children. We are now finding the true value of family and friends, especially the ones we can’t see. We are realising that as the economy is important, it isn’t the be all and end all to our existence.
Through the frustration, pain, loss and terror we have found our humanity. We are more compassionate. We are taking care of love, even if it means we must do it from a distance. We are even taking care of strangers, simply by staying home.
We rejoiced when the fires were finally extinguished and we could breathe fresh air, swim for the remainder of summer, and return to normal. We endured all this, unaware of the biological crisis that had begun to unfold on the other side of the world. One that would impact us all in the months to come.
COVID19 had finally reached our country by February this year and sent us all back into the confinement of our homes for at least another 3 months.
We are all feeling drained, scared, sad and lost right now. 2020 hasn’t been what we have hoped for, but it has already brought its lessons. We are now learning to adapt our lives outside of comfort zones. We are now finding different ways to work, create and educate ourselves and our children. We are now finding the true value of family and friends, especially the ones we can’t see. We are realising that as the economy is important, it isn’t the be all and end all to our existence.
Through the frustration, pain, loss and terror we have found our humanity. We are more compassionate. We are taking care of love, even if it means we must do it from a distance. We are even taking care of strangers, simply by staying home.