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I have lived in five countries, seven cities and 17 different addresses. I moved to Australia in October 2019.
Kindness and connection is a key to getting through the pandemic.
Credit:TRIBUNE LIFE
For 19 months, I lived in the same apartment in Melbourne’s CBD. I am warm and friendly, often engaging strangers in conversation. But for 19 months, I only became friends with the woman managing the building.
All that changed when I moved to Southbank. It is a mere 25-minute walk from my old flat, but it is a world apart.
Here, I found a little community right on my floor. I was quickly added to the floor’s WhatsApp family group. ....