Have a read of this beautiful letter from a Mum to her child. It encourages and promises opportunities will come to fruition post this strange time!
THIS. WILL. END.
Dear child,
I know everything seems like madness right now and you’re afraid and yes, angry and worried too. Why did this have to happen to my generation? Right when I’m in the prime of my life? Why is the world filled with this terrible wave of illness, cutting people down in their thousands, stealing away loved ones and taking all the joy from life?
What is there to look forward to for me now? What am I supposed to do?
I can read the frustration and despair in your eyes. I know you like I know my own heart. I feel for you and wish I could make it all go away, like bad dreams when you awoke in the night, back when you were small.
But I want you to listen to me now, and take heed because this is important.
This. Will. End.
What casualties we will endure and what this will mean for the world economy and our way of life is something we cannot foresee, although yes, there will be hardship and struggle ahead, but there will be opportunity too. Chances for you to shine once more.
Because this will end. We are resilient, we are strong, we are smart and we love. Oh, how we love. That’s what will get us through once the tide turns and this virus fades into the blackness of night. Our love for each other and the world we live in.
Our love for life.
For you see, something good will always arise from bad. Perhaps you will be more grateful for the small things you’ve always taken for granted. Watching the sport you so enjoy, meeting your friends at the shops and just hanging out. Going to the beach and having one of those perfect summer days of youth filled with sunshine, curling waves and ice cream. Getting a smile from your secret crush and taking the courage to talk to them. Falling in love. Sharing your soul.
This will end, my precious child, and life will go on. It’s the one truth no one can take away from you, for this crisis is finite but you are not. You are endless and I will love you always.
So take heart, endure and hold on to this one, wondrous lifeline of truth because your days in the sun will return and I will be so proud of the person you become, just as I am so proud of watching you walk through this now.
Be strong, my child, and believe.
Your loving Mum.
