Life has been in an upheaval lately. My father is in hospital with Covid pneumonia and of course, my Mom got Covid too!

I find this to be the hardest part of living abroad. The time change makes it very difficult to get updates. Mostly because I get up at 6am UK time and have to wait to a minimum of 9 am US time. It’s hard not knowing what is happening and not being able to get real time information from my elderly parents.

I was ready to drop everything and fly home, but my Mom didn’t want me to cancel the holiday we have booked for tomorrow. I’m still prepared to fly at a moments notice, but it would just be from a different location.

We have a family meeting scheduled with the hospital later today so I should have more information.

One of the main reasons we moved to Europe was to be closer to my family. Australia is so far from everywhere. I was viewing Facebook memories and realised I was back at my parents last year for my Aunt’s funeral.

I will likely fly home regardless of what happens so I can see my parents are fine.