The wonder of being cat. Sleep. Eat. Sleep some more. Annoy owner with meows until I get pats. Explore the dishwasher. And so on.
I snapped this picture of our ginger ninja, Toby in the dishwasher. He looked trapped, although he wasn’t.
The picture is a perfect metaphor for where I have been this past week.
Sometimes adulting and parenting can just be damn f’g hard.
Sometimes if I allow myself to marinate in the state of this world, it feels like I can’t breathe. It feels too much.
All the things our kids are growing up in and the world we’re leaving behind for them.
It’s just feels # too much even for an adult of 55 to navigate, let alone a child.
The state of children’s health, climate change, what’s happening in Gaza, the animal species we’ve lost, the animal species nearing extinction, the potential of a previous US President getting re-elected – the list goes on.
Sometimes it’s just feels too much.
Then there was what happened at Bondi Junction.
And that was too much!
I’ve had to hibernate.
Retreat.
Trying to make sense of it all.
What is there to say?
Everything has felt so inconsequential.
Has anyone else been feeling the heaviness?
Yesterday I had to pull myself out of the hibernation because I was hosting a Mad Food Science School Holiday Community Event. I had to ask myself the question I fall back on when I get caught in the heaviness of the world.
What is it that I can do today to make the world a better place for my children? For all children?
The answer is always the same:
- Show up.
- Share passionately about how food is a fun experiment and how what we eat can support our amazing bodies and how it can impact the planet.
At the end of yesterday’s event, a mum thanked me for the wonderful work I do and she had tears in her eyes as she shared how I had helped her and her children.
I needed yesterday and to hear that.To pull me out of the darkeness.
To remind myself the best I can do is turn up everyday doing what I can do to make the world a better place for mine, and all children.
So for you and the rest of my beautiful Packed with Heart Community, I’m sending you so much love where ever you are at. 💗And I am showing up with some information I hope you find helpful.