whispersandteardrops

  Yes, summer is upon us and with very little notice it would seem; or maybe that’s just me! What with all the time spent at home over the past months juggling working from home and finding creative ways to engage the kids as well as trying to keep up with being newly appointed teachers 😊 . It's unsurprising that many parents have not actually had time for self. So now that we have officially entered into the holidays, with little or time to plan   a break away or even a staycation (I hate buzz words😏) given the uncertainty of the current climate, what do we do with the kids? Unless you intend to con them into thinking school is still on, so they continue to do copious amounts of schoolwork  ( this is definitely something I would do 😉 ), here are a few ideas you may want to try and some websites that could be useful. credit: Dani Rendina (unsplash) 1. Writing stories or poetry If your offspring are literary geniuses in the making you could encourage them write ...

    Over the past few months the world have come to see what most of us never would have imagined happening in our life time. On a daily basis we woke up quite similar news, images and stories all across the globe.Twenty twenty turned out to be a much different year than we imagined or expected.Life for many changed.The following poem was written to reflect some of my thoughts and  empathy towards those affected by this virus. The world weeps, is on its knees. Crumbling beneath the weight of an unseen foe. In daily hundreds the love ones go, alone. And the anguished  cries  go out into the night. The prayers said are desperate pleas that seem to bounce off the empty streets. I pass my neighbour on the street, but our gaze are fleeting across the gap                                                      ...