Getting back

It’s going to be a while before I get to keep things updated here.

The calamity that we have undergone through as a country, with the killer typhoons and flooding, have hit us on a personal note too.

While we are slowly trying to get back to normal, we are understanding that it is a slow process: understanding the losses we have incurred, the shock of being flooded so quickly and suddenly, and moving over the hump that is the sad event of being in the middle of something tragic out of your hands.

Matthew went back to school when classes resumed last week. I firmly believed that he needed to be in a place that is safe, followed a routine, and reminded him of happy things when our home is still trying to get back to that place.

That first day, I learned that the children were made to draw their feelings about the typhoon. He drew this.

Today, I am glad to say that he announced that he is happy to be home again. We’re getting there.