“One Day Soon” - a note from the pandemic

One day soon, we will gasp & shriek & run towards our friends: squeezing them so tightly and marvelling at how much we have missed them. We will throw our heads back and laugh, fearlessly and heartily, until we can’t laugh anymore - our faces aching from the joy and our smile lines back in action - knowing now, more than ever before, which friends stayed close to us. 

Together, we will talk and eat, ravenously, and we will drink, without a second thought to the technological devices sat face down on the tables between us. 

We will meet babies that have been born, puppies that have been homed & fiancé’s that have been made & we will tend to hearts that have been broken, businesses that have crumbled & dreams that we said goodbye to. 

We will acknowledge the million losses that happened during this period, our freedom, our health, and our happiness. 

We will be reminded of what real human connection feels like - raw, and sweet, and sometimes awkward. A hand reaching out, touching the person next to you ever so gently - saying “how I have missed you”, without having to say anything at all. Except, maybe this time, we will say the unspoken words too. 

We will wander the streets of the cities we have missed, slowly, and aimlessly - the streets that have patiently sat so empty and so clean waiting for footsteps to tread upon them once again. 

We will dance together on rooftops as the sun sets, and continue until it rises again the next morning. Tired, weary, but happy. 

We will remember those did not make it out the other side of this to share these moments with us, and we will commit to being a better influence in this world, so that this situation did not happen in vain.

We will give enduring thanks to all of the people who helped us make it through the situation that we never saw coming. The friends, the family, and the online strangers who became friends. 

We will acknowledge those that endured so much - the NHS, the elderly, and all of those who lost “life” and life as we knew it, so that together, one day soon, we can experience gain together once again. 

It is dark now - literally, figuratively, and emotionally - but it cannot stay dark forever. At some point, the light will come. It will. It has to. I promise you. 

So, hold on.

I am certainly trying to.