The New Us

Francisco M. Gómez
3 min readJul 30, 2021

We are never back to normal

An adult hand representing a father against a child hand, representing parenthood.
Image by skalekar1992 from Pixabay

While we *think* we exit the restrictions, the realisation of what we are now is hitting us all like a ton of bricks. We will not be back to normal. Ever. Because we have learned things about ourselves that we cannot unlearn.

It’s been now over a year following a simple guideline -Let’s not get too close to each other- and we have failed miserably.

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Francisco M. Gómez

Spanish vet surgeon with home in Britain. Opinion blogs in a personal capacity only.