Rāpare - Thursday September 2nd
Ata mārie koutou
Yesterday I took my Granny some apples. I have been doing her groceries online for her in Level 4 and instead of apples, they delivered potatoes. Gigi (what I call my granny) and Poppa are pretty stuck in their routines, every day has it's own job, for example, every Friday at 2pm you will find them at the supermarket. The relief of being able to have their apples dropped off was huge, they can eat their daily apple and resume some small slice of normality.
It reminded me of the routines that our little people have, every day has it's own subjects and when that changes, it does throw them. So much of our praise goes out to the essential workers, and the parents who are juggling work and children, but I think we also need to give some credit to our tamariki. Our children are so out of routine, they live in strong rhythms that have suddenly changed. They can't see their friends. They can't play at the playground. They can't go to swimming lessons, dance classes, gymnastics or any other extra curricular activities they would usually get to go to. They aren't coming to school and seeing the people they spend so much time with, the smells they are usually surrounded by, the routines, rhythms, motions of school life. Some praise must go to our tamariki who have adapted without really understanding why.
Anyway, that is enough of my thoughts and musings for today. In doing so I realised I was so caught up in the excitement of the change of season yesterday that I forgot it was Wednesday and we didn't have any kapa haka or eurythmy activities. Apologies for that!
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