I would liken the word ‘lockdown’ to Marmite;
you either love or loathe it!
I’ve always adored Marmite from the very moment
that my mum cut a crust from a loaf of bread and ‘crust and Marmite’
became very much a feature in our diet! Toast, too...dripping with butter
and Marmite ...yum!
Just like Marmite, lockdown has suited me ...yet I know so many
people who have hated, loathed and detested the last year simply
because of the constraints placed upon them. It’s not been easy for many.
I’m so lucky. And I know it.
I’ve always been content at home. Being brought up in a place
where we had the woods, fields, nature on our doorstep, helped. I
soon understood that the simple things in life are free...and generally
are the best; well I think so! As a child, I made my own amusement
and would often escape into the woods or on to the heathland with an
ISpy book tucked into my pocket...happy days! Even on a wet day
( and we get plenty of those in Devon), life wasn’t boring. I had books...
and plenty of them; I collected stamps; it’s how I learned about the world
as well as how to be patient with stamp hinges and tweezers!
I had my old Singer Sewing Machine, I even knitted clothes for
my sister’s Sindy and Patch dolls!
I’ve always enjoyed a simple home life...gardening, cooking, sewing, reading.
I suppose because much of my working life was in teaching, to get home
on a Friday night and relax, was a joy!
And so I have coped better with lockdown than most and I’ve embraced
the pleasures that have come alongside.
Now that isn’t to say that I don’t sympathise with people who are stuck in
an inner city flat, maybe alone. It isn’t to say that I don’t think about the
thousands who have passed away from this awful virus. It isn’t to say that
I don’t grieve. I do. It’s been the most wretched time for so many...
lost friends, lost relatives, lost jobs. It’s simply awful.There isn’t a day goes by
when I don’t think about all of that.
And oh...how I miss seeing family! That’s the worst part. BUT..as my
other half reminds me, when I’m feeling teary,
“Be glad that they are all safe and well, Sal.”
And I am...of course I am..my family being most precious!
And now, I must away! Time for a cuppa...and some toast..
(not forgetting the Marmite!) 😁
Did you know M&S and selling a Marmite cream cheese. I will pick you up some next time I go. I have found a lot of contentment at home this winter - sometimes you just have to remind yourself that you're lucky to have somewhere warm and safe (and if that somewhere has a groaning bookcase, so much the better!) X
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