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Today my close friend texted that her dad had passed away. I cried like I hadn't done in a long time.
We have been friends for almost 12 years now. We both migrated to Sydney from the same German town. We both married Australians and we both have small children similar in age. Meeting with her, talking in my mother tongue always feels like a piece of home ("Heimat").
She doesn't have permission to travel back for the funeral yet. Even if she is allowed to go, it is a difficult decision to make with the restrictions in place - a cap on incoming overseas passengers, the 14 day hotel quarantine that is required on return and needs to be paid, the pressure it puts on her family and her two young children here while she is away.
I feel for her and her family. It is a reminder of how much I miss my mum and my sister, how sad it makes me not knowing when I will see them again, how much my children miss their Oma who was supposed to visit us for July and August.
I am trying to be hopeful but it is harder on a day like today.
We have been friends for almost 12 years now. We both migrated to Sydney from the same German town. We both married Australians and we both have small children similar in age. Meeting with her, talking in my mother tongue always feels like a piece of home ("Heimat").
She doesn't have permission to travel back for the funeral yet. Even if she is allowed to go, it is a difficult decision to make with the restrictions in place - a cap on incoming overseas passengers, the 14 day hotel quarantine that is required on return and needs to be paid, the pressure it puts on her family and her two young children here while she is away.
I feel for her and her family. It is a reminder of how much I miss my mum and my sister, how sad it makes me not knowing when I will see them again, how much my children miss their Oma who was supposed to visit us for July and August.
I am trying to be hopeful but it is harder on a day like today.