We read it in the history books,
About the day they stepped outside
And sang as one to toast the loved
Who’d helped us through the tougher times.
They opened doors and windows,
Peeping out from bright lit halls.
The sound they made was that of angel song.
It drifted through the clear Spring air,
Until it reached the hospitals and shops,
The places where the people worked
To keep the nation going.
Tonight at 8pm the British public are being asked to step outside their houses and clap for the people who are keeping the nation running in this time of crisis. There are, of course, our wonderful NHS workers who are working at the forefront of it all. But there are also the food manufacturers, the delivery drivers, the shop workers and a myriad of other people still working hard.
I think it’s a bit of a shame that I haven’t seen this spread around a bit more because I think that lots of people would love to show their appreciation. And in a time when we are all feeling really isolated, it is an opportunity for us all to feel united in something safely.
I don’t know if any of you have watched any of the videos that are circulating at the moment but the ones that show thousands of people leaning from their balconies and singing together are the ones that give me chills. They are so powerful.
My favourite of them all is one that I saw yesterday. A little girl in the UK was celebrating her birthday and obviously couldn’t have people over so the neighbours all came out onto their doorsteps and hung out of their windows to sing happy birthday. The whole street appeared to join in and it was such a beautiful moment that I’m sure she’ll remember for the rest of her life.
I know I only have a teeny, tiny following of a few hundred but I just want to do my bit and ask you to spare the time to go out and clap and cheer at 8pm, tonight (Thursday 26th March). Hopefully, if nothing else, it will lift the spirits of the people in your tiny part of the world.
Much Love
Rachel xx
potatosandwich
We’ll be outside clapping on our heroes, so proud of what they are doing. But the sad thing is it’s taken this magnitude of crisis for our country to realise the efforts of all NHS staff. We have all spent countless efforts following celebs online, but we now need to wake up and realise credit where it’s due. I just hope that going forward the government and powers to be continue to plough more money into the NHS, so that we are better prepared for future crisis such as these.
patientandkindlove
I could rant about these things for days but I don’t want to go and get all political. We have been celebrating the wrong people though. Nurses are our new celebs.
renitatokas
We in India did something similar like this on 22 March where everyone came out to their balconies and home to appreciate all the people who are fighting to save everyone.
Check the video below:
https://youtu.be/ELRhZGJbB4s
patientandkindlove
Lovely. I’ve seen them doing it in other countries x
juliadeniro
What a great way to show appreciation. I wish the US was doing something like this.
patientandkindlove
It’s such an emotional moment to hear everybody coming together x
suziesworldblog
I was cheering and clapping with the rest of my street tonight. Was absolutely incredible how we all came together x
patientandkindlove
It was brilliant!
Remembering Lives
I no longer live in the UK but many people I care about still do. I thought clapping was a lovely way of showing gratitude. It is at times like this we realise who the true heroes are. In line with the words of Churchill,
“Never (in the field of human conflict) was so much been owed by so many, to so few.”
patientandkindlove
It was such an emotional moment to hear it
Remembering Lives
Mum tells me that you are doing it every week now. So glad.😀