With apologies to Gabriel García Márquez.
It seems to me that one of the things that will help us carers through the current coronavirus outbreak is the love that we have for the people for whom we care. For those who like me have a person in permanent care and currently locked down, the expression of that love will be in how we deal with the absence of our loved one. My wife has very little appreciation of time, so whether she sees me today or after several weeks will probably not matter much. I am on the periphery of her life now - although still important to her - and we do still share good times. I am confident that the staff at her home are friends that she sometimes recognises and who she has come to rely on. For me, the break to my established routine of visiting her on 4 days per week will be hard and has already opened up many hours to be filled. If I can't hold her hand, kiss her cheek and tell her I love her (whilst at the same time possibly passing on the virus) for the next however many weeks that's just one more thing that I'll need to accept. It seems likely that my beautiful greyhound will get some extra care and affection during that time.
It seems to me that one of the things that will help us carers through the current coronavirus outbreak is the love that we have for the people for whom we care. For those who like me have a person in permanent care and currently locked down, the expression of that love will be in how we deal with the absence of our loved one. My wife has very little appreciation of time, so whether she sees me today or after several weeks will probably not matter much. I am on the periphery of her life now - although still important to her - and we do still share good times. I am confident that the staff at her home are friends that she sometimes recognises and who she has come to rely on. For me, the break to my established routine of visiting her on 4 days per week will be hard and has already opened up many hours to be filled. If I can't hold her hand, kiss her cheek and tell her I love her (whilst at the same time possibly passing on the virus) for the next however many weeks that's just one more thing that I'll need to accept. It seems likely that my beautiful greyhound will get some extra care and affection during that time.