“Simply the Best” — A joyful connection

Sunday and the fifty-second Covid blog. 🦋

I felt a bit like Aurora this week, waking up slowly to emerge once more into the world. A world where hugging and meeting friends for lunch or dinner ‘inside’ has finally arrived and with hope, hope that once more this will be our long awaited version of normal.

Sometimes I forget how blessed I am, not just with my family but with my friends and my colleagues too. I am sure everyone believes that their tribe is the best but mine never fail to believe in me and far more as always, than I believe in myself.

At the beginning of this year I wrote a blog entitled ‘Changing Tracks’ about seizing opportunities and that if those opportunities did not exist then to create our own.

I have been toying with an idea of writing a verse play for sometime, this had been bouncing around the walls of my mind until I could finally ignore it no more.

When I pitched the idea to my girls, my friends, and my colleagues there was no hesitation in their support, which always, always, surprises me. One lovely friend offering a trial run with an audience to iron out the edges.

I have my ending and my target audience, which is a good start I feel. These verse monologues usually last around an hour. Having been to the theatre this week to watch such a verse play, totally fulled my enthusiasm and I can almost feel the excitement pulsing through my veins.

Walking into a theatre was magical and the new small space in the foyer was amazing. Just knowing that my project will most definitely be in a small space such as this, added to the roller coaster of emotions I was feeling. The pink neon light also seemed to encapsulate the mood perfectly.

I loved the play and relished the research it offered. The applause was my cue to cry, watching smiles on faces and the appreciation was beyond beautiful.

I also went to dinner with a friend ‘inside’ and every now and then we commented just how lovely it truly was. At the end of the evening, realising we could finally hug goodbye, was the icing on the cake.

I very much feel like I am returning, my heart feels lighter and hopeful. My final vaccination yesterday sealing the deal. I am even back to my clumsiness, having tucked my dress in my pants not once but twice this week! 🤦🏻‍♀️

Thank heavens for rubbish weather and thick black tights for once. Plus of course, a caring colleague in helping me avoid anymore embarrassment.

Kindness also abounded this week when a well known supermarket (Tesco!) donated a large ‘Andrex’ puppy to our school. This to be raffled in aid of Cystic Fibroses and all through a chance meeting. An employee of the said supermarket having noticed wristbands being sold in reception, this in response to one of our pupils having the condition.

And perhaps Lady Luck will smile down on my ticket, who knows?

Something I do know, is that my wings are fluttering, another meal booked this week, another next week and of course a trip to the theatre in half term. This time the theatre in question is in our capital city and boy, have I missed her!

Continue to search for those flowers, they are sprouting all around us. Open your eyes and your hearts, and you will surely see. 💐

Stay Safe,

Joy xxx