スージー・ロウさんのインスタグラム写真 - (スージー・ロウInstagram)「“Can’t get close to people because of the birus... is the birus over yet?” “No I’m afraid not... it’s getting better but it’s not over...” “Tomorrow?!?” “No...” - Later in the park, she scoots free, bursting into the two metre radius of a fellow scooting toddler. The mother doesn’t mind. As the sleeveless tops and hopeful sundresses have emerged, so it is that lockdown has become lackadaisical. She reaches out for his hand slash handle bars. “Play with me! Do you want to be my friend?” - He’s evidently younger and happily mute. Undeterred, she chases his older sister. - Scoot, scoot, sweet, sweet. - A mirage of friendship emerges within sixty seconds of in-sync scooting. - But lo, her new friend falls. Nico rushes over to kiss her knee, like I would to every bruise and scratch. Too close! Too much! Unsurprisingly she recoils, as the show of affection overwhelms her. 1st June looms and these encounters are bound to occur in playgrounds and nursery rooms up and down the country. How to instruct them repeatedly not to touch and make tactile gestures ? How does one stop an unworldly kiss or a hug in its tracks ? - “I just want to play with her,” she cries, running into my arms. “She keeps running to her mummy and her bunny. Why won’t she be friends with me?” - Maybe her mummy and her bunny have been her staunch companions during these past few months. Her social bubble hasn’t yet expanded beyond that. Kisses on knees can’t be accepted just yet. - “I just want to play with you and stay with you,” she huffs, turning her back on this momentary bestie tryst. As we scoot back home, she turns to me, her eyes widening with earnest faith, “Maybe she just wanted to have lunch?!? Maybe she will be my friend again?” - “Maybe...”」5月26日 21時14分