"She talks, I listen"

Those days of lockdown, moderate and new normal was never boring to me. I diverted my attention to some other things like gardening, and more attention in our little home. I even find my kids enjoyed it because they don't need to worry about going to school anymore. tsk. tsk. kids😅.

About my husband, his travel from his workplace was limited as it is required by the local government in his location.

The visible changes I noticed here aside from the limited people who go out in public places was the high cost of the fare in our jeepneys that take us to the central market.

One more thing, If before, during the lockdown, harvests of our vegetable farmers were being dumped along the road and everyone is free to pick them up because the farmers can't deliver it to the neighboring towns because of the lockdown, this time, vegetable vendors are facing problems on how to dispose of their vegetables when everyone has their own harvest.

Of all the things I noticed with changes, there is a specific thing that I like most. It's about my eldest daughter. She is most active in her Christian formation since then. Since we are not very strict in socializing because we don't have any case unless from the outside the perimeter travelers who came back to their hometown and found out to be positive, there's nothing we have to worry about.

She goes out with her fellow youth older than her. She's the youngest among them. She enjoyed reaching out to an inaccessible townlet how many kilometers away from our own village with her "sisters". She never gets tired of walking from the main highway to the very center of the location they are heading and helps in visiting children that need lots of attention.

When she came home, I can feel her enthusiasm as she chats about their activities during their stay in the other village. She even showed me their photos and videos together with the kids. She talks as if she gained maturity the way she talks about the innocence of the children, their intelligence, naughtiness, and most especially their hidden talents she discovered.

I felt her sadness when she mentioned the portion of her journey when they need to bid farewell to the children they used to share the company with. She felt importance by the hugs and sobs of the youngsters telling her to come and visit them again.

By listening to her stories, I think I didn't make the wrong decision in allowing her to be free in a manner of giving her all the warnings her heart and mind can carry.

One of her challenges, as she is having difficulty in training kids to use their pencils and colors with their right hands because she is a left-hander fella.😁 So according to her, she looks for youngsters, those who are one of her kind.

I included an attachment, 2 of her photos with the kids. I find it cute and I told her, "you did a good job!"