Early bird.

I woke at 5.30 and timed my return from an early morning walk carefully to coincide with oncoming traffic at approximately the time and place where the kids go by on their way to school.
It worked. 
I haven't seen them for five months and still haven't actually seen them, on account of dark glass in the car windows
but two of the younger ones saw me. 
Now they know that I am alive, have lost some weight, am keeping fit and will still be around when this crazy conflict is over.
My grown up italian nephew told me not to give up, to maintain contact with them, even if it is one sided. He told me of his first hand experience of having no contact with a parent for five years. 
Even thinking about them is painful so I  have to stop.
I usually become sluggish during the winter months but this year I am determined to forget my age and make fitness a priority since I don't have a spare body or a spare life.