After our brush with Covid and period of isolation we all started to try and get into the summer holiday groove, have a break and enjoy the sunshine. Thankfully Amy and Anna are now both well. August decided we would have to do without the sunshine and in my case, work and circumstances decided I would have to do without some of my much needed break. 'm back at work now and that opportunity to rest has gone. The girls are having a strange summer with the after affects of Covid still lingering and not getting out much. Habits formed in this challenging year are not yet being broken. Both have had such difficult years and the need to flop, chill and watch Netflix seems to be the overriding mission at the moment. Anna has returned to playing footy, but Lucy has not yet found her stride. I'm worried that we have to try and change this and get her out of the house doing! Lots of talk with Lucy about exams, sixth form college and prospective A-levels fills me with joy and slight anxiety as to how old I am getting! We feel a bit stuck as a family at the moment and not in that much of a hurry to embrace the summer and what's left of it. The Hammond's seem to be experiencing a massive Covid hangover! So to force the issue and build up family life in the next year, a dream holiday to Italy has been booked. 'Carpe Diem' and something very much to look forward to. I've been struggling to recover from the last year and stuck in a rut, but my focus must be to support my kids first and foremost. My problem is, I can barely work it out for myself, let alone my kids! I will think on and try to help them, Who would have thought a year or so ago that overcoming the impact a pandemic has on our children would be a parental challenge we needed to overcome...
