Friday, we experimented the first days at home for the kids. They don’t have much home work yet, as the teachers need time to adapt. Timo played Fortnite on the Playstation, and chatted on his phone with his friends. One of them came to visit late afternoon… And then the realization came: it is probably not something we should be doing. Kids are asked to play with just 1 or 2 friends, always the same ones, and only outdoor. That social isolation became very real…

Fortunately we have email, video calls and social networks to keep in touch. Myself, I decided to maintain social contact by playing a little bit on the Playstation with Fofi.

We maintained our family tradition and had our Friday pizza. We have a DVD set of the 80’s cartoon “La vie” (Once upon a time… Life). Pedagogical, entertaining and very timely!

I have never gotten as many text messages as today. We don’t see each other, but we all share a lot about the situation, the context, what challenges we meet. And we share jokes. That’s good to keep the day going.