At last, a blog from Sonja

We need to get Sonja blogging. She is much more intelligent and articulate than I am. I think that once we get there, the blog will be much more balanced with two perspectives. I have just got got her to agree that we would post a copy of a message she has sent a friend. (Doc, I changed the details to protect your families privacy.) I will press publish before she changes her mind.

Hi XXX

Thanks so much for your message. I feel like I have really neglected everyone lately, and have not had the time or space to see as much of my friends as I’d like to. It’s really been a crazy time – physically and emotionally. Charles continues to storm ahead with absolutely no anxiety or reservation, and I sometimes feel ridiculous for not being equally undaunted. In between work, packing, fundraising for the early learning centre and wrapping up life in CT, I have made a tentative start with the home schooling. It’s really great to engage with the kids in this way, but it has made me realise the enormity of the task – and that’s only ONE of the many new responsibilities we’ll be taking on – along with hunter-gathering, running an NGO and playing doctor! Speaking of which, we spent the evening putting together the medical kit – trying to think of every eventuality which we might face in our hut 2 hours from the nearest medical facility – from snake, dog and tick bites to diarrhea, fever, broken bones, worms, cuts and abrasions, burns… enough to make even the most hardy of parents squirm just a little!

As I write this, Charles is updating the blog – no doubt presenting a completely different take on the latest events!

Anyway, hope you’re not working – and that you’re having xxxxx (ha, ha).

Lots of love,
S.