Ali Bastian Instagram – I haven’t really known how to show up on here today. Today was tough. The news has been scary. It’s taking me back to my own childhood when things were difficult… my parents were divorcing during a recession, our heating and electric got shut off and my mum, brother and I were really not in a good place for a while. My inner child is frightened to go back there. My nervous system feels already pretty shot from that last couple of years. My inner adult is trying to contain my stirred feelings and not let them effect Isla… but it’s hard. She had a day of tantrums and when I decided to get us out of the house and took her to a baby gym… she just wanted to lay in the ball pit like a little star fish. The tiny human embodiment of all the mess of feelings I was trying to hold down today! They’re so bloody perceptive, I think they will probably feel it no matter what we do.. but I’m going to keep hoping I can shelter her from it all. To all the families and businesses out there wondering what the winter will hold, I’m sending so much love ❤️