I HAVE A VOICE TOO!

Diane Hands

I have a voice too drama group is meeting on Wednesday’s and Saturday’s.  It is usually for just over an hour, not for a whole Saturday afternoon.  We still act out some of our pieces, ‘In the Ghetto’ and ‘Dr. Guttmann’s Journey from Germany to Stoke Mandeville are the favourites.  We also play memory games which helps us to remember lines when acting.  We also practice relaxation techniques which help when we get nervous, or forget our lines.

I was asked by fellow authors for the second book hearts on the Rise Connecting Through Corona.   What had impacted this group of vulnerable adults.

So I  asked each one of  the group what they missed, and what were they finding difficult.  Each one of them said that they missed going to work.

I thought they would say missing seeing parents and going home for a weekend.

They also missed being able to go different places on public transport or in a taxi.  Only being able to walk to the Grocery store and back again.  Not being able to take part  in attending their social clubs.   Or just meeting with friends.   Not being able to have parents take them for Dr’s or  Dental Appointments.   Going out for a meal.   Just staying in the house.  If the weather was sunny, that was frustrating.  

Three of them said it was when they were not able to go outside the house at all.  That was when one of their house mates was admitted to Hospital for several weeks.  When he was discharged from Hospital he was in isolation for 7 days and the rest of the household were in isolation for 14 days.

Looking at this from a parents point of view, our daughter moved into her own flat High Wycombe.  But we were not able to help her  we were able to measure the flat before she moved in as we went on our own.

Before Theresa moved into her new home she was required to have a COVID test, which I am pleased to say was negative. Until restrictions are lifted their will be no visits to her friends in Princes Risborough.  They are not able to see where Theresa is now living either.   I am sure that will all change when the restrictions change.

Theresa is looking forward to taking her Dad shopping.  That is to make sure the furniture that Theresa decides on will fit.   I have asked her to send me a photograph of her bedroom as that was the only furniture that belonged to her from where she was living.

It is good to know she already knows other people living in the flats and they have a communal room too.   

Public Transport should be easy too access when travel is allowed once more.

I feel that where Theresa was living they all coped very well with restrictions and the guidelines.