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There’s a song that really resonates with me these days (It’s «The next right thing», sung by Anna in Frozen 2): The feeling of helplessness – but also the tiny voice whispering «you must go on». Which is what we all have to do now. «Take a step. Step again» It is heartbreaking to read all the stories of people fighting for their lives. Of people dying. Dying alone, without their loved ones by their side. One should think it is more than enough to lose hope. But hope is not small. It is such a powerful feeling. When Snorre (our youngest, 14 months old at the time) was in intensive care, in a medically induced coma, on a ventilator – much like so many people around the world are now, although he was battling a different disease – we asked the doctors to be completely honest with us. We didn’t need – or want – happy stories of how others had made it through against all odds. We don’t need you to give us false hope, we said. After all, we had been there once before, with his sister who did not beat the odds. And even though we kept getting bad news, and even though we tried being sensible and pragmatic, we still had hope. The silly, unrealistic hope that he would be perfectly fine (which he kind of was, by the way, but that’s a completely different story). Because even when you’ve hit the ground hard («how to rise from the floor when it’s not you I’m rising for?»), there is still hope to be found. We humans are like that. Even when we want to give up, we have the ability to find hope. So, just like Anna, this is what we did: «I won't look too far ahead It's too much for me to take But break it down to this next breath, this next step This next choice is one that I can make So I'll walk through this night Stumbling blindly toward the light And do the next right thing And with the dawn, what comes then? When it's clear that everything will never be the same again Then I'll make the choice to hear that voice And do the next right thing» And this is what you have to do now. Be in the here and now. Stay home. Make the best of it. Be with your family, if you can. Wash your hands. Keep your distance. Do the next right thing. Have hope. Because hope is not small.

Godt å komme seg en tur ut i dag 😃☀️

#Repost @lovemammaene ・・・ I dag er vi på besøk hos løvemamma Helle & co 😍 Helle har fortalt hvorfor de forsvant så brått fra snappen i fjor høst: Minstemann Snorre fikk hjernehinnebetennelse, akkurat som Rora hadde for fire år siden 🧠💔 Det har vært et tøft halvår – men Snorre er tøffere! 💪🏻 Han har gjort enorme framskritt og har gjort dystre spådommer til skamme 🙌🏼💙 Snorre er hele familiens hjerteplaster som sprer glede og godt humør rundt seg 🩹💗 I ettermiddag skal vi få en oppdatering på hvordan det går med Rora 😘 Følg med på snappen: lovemammaene 🦁 @lifeaftermeningitis •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #løvemammaene #løvemamma #gjest #hjernehinnebetennelse #hjernebetennelse #cvi #epilepsi #spisevegring #knapp #søsken #superhelter #kjærlighet #kunnskap

Sååå glade er vi for å fortelle at til torsdag så er vi på besøk på @lovemammaene-snappen. Da lover vi å fortelle hvorfor vi forsvant så brått, og hva som har skjedd det halvåret vi har vært borte ❤️ Vi ses 🤗