Mother’s Day

So today Erin’s family made a heart wrenching decision and allowed her to come and stay with us, I put it to her mother eight days ago that we would gladly have her here, it’s the practicalities, they are currently in a flat and have limited space, both her parents are working from home on computers and her brother is happy to be on his computer games and pottering about, Erin is a vibrant musical theatre student, we have a bigger house and are a household of artists with lots of equipment for furthering passions in these areas. Initially she said she couldn’t part with her and understandably so but over the last week Erin has become so despondent and bored - and of course she misses Gulliver terribly, they’ve been together for two years And will both be 18 next birthday, they had a family conference last night and so did we and I said if she was coming she needed to come as soon as possible so the decision was made that she would have Mother’s Day breakfast at home and then come over, after lunch Janette arrived in her car, we all kept our distance well Erin brought all her stuff inside the house... there was a touching moment when Gulliver wanted to hug Janette and I said no and she rolled up her car window and put her palm against the glass and he did the same on the other side. I promised her that I would do everything to protect and defend her daughter, I am so full of admiration for her, such an act of bravery. I messaged her later on to assure her that Erin has settled in perfectly well and she had already transformed her bedroom into her office which is going to be brilliant for them, a personal space for her to work with a bed to rest on and just more space for them all.

I have mobilised the family into scrubbing and cleaning the house thoroughly, it’s a really big job but we’re getting there and we now have an extra pair of hands, before Erin arrived I got Gulliver to thoroughly clean and disinfect his entire room, put clothes into bags that he wasn’t wearing or didn’t want any more to make space, once he arrived she installed a beautiful glowing salt lamp and fairy lights and essential oils and it is just so lovely in there now.

My boys surprised me as ever with beautiful touching handmade cards, I said that all I wanted for Mother’s Day was for them to do what I ask now more than ever.

I had a long FaceTime chat with Lola who is safe in an apartment with her boyfriend Dean, we have been in touch with Ruby who is in Rural Scotland with her partner and our grandson surrounded by magical countryside and Woods, our immediate family is safely locked down.

Gullivers interface has arrived and his keyboard is due to be delivered tomorrow so he’s sorted, I am worried about Zebedee as the gym equipment hasn’t arrived yet and with the ever-changing situation we are naturally worried about non-essential deliveries being delayed, it’s out of our hands and we just have to hope for the best, I feel so sorry for Zebedee, his entire world has literally collapsed but we will help him through it.

I re-wrote the lyrics to one of my biggest records and I’ve posted the results on my Instagram pages and my Katherine Ellis Facebook page, it’s had a great response and has cheered a lot of people up, I’m too tired to try and put a link in here but it’s quite easy to find.

I am absolutely exhausted and I’ve hit a wall but now that I feel that the family is on the same page I’m hoping to be able to recover some of my energy and relax because I have literally been bullying them for weeks now for their own good.

Enforced lockdown cannot come fast enough for me as there are still so many morons in this country socialising it’s just terrifying!!! Don’t they read the news? Don’t they trust that the world leaders who are people just like us with all the same family issues aren’t doing everything in their power to help everybody???

Time for love, time for trust, time to think of others like never before, time to look difficult things squarely in the face, time to feel your feelings, time to feel absolutely terrified and take immediate and rigid action to protect yourself and your family and the rest of the human race.