This time exactly one year ago, my kids came home from school and didn’t go back.

We heard the term ‘social distancing’ and didn’t realise we would never be able to unhear it.

We had to learn to work from home. We had to teach ourselves how to home school. We had to barter toilet paper sometimes and manage our Netflix intake.

We had to try really hard to have alcohol free days when the days just lasted so long!

We snuggled in for the duration. For some of us it was weeks, for some it was months and in some parts of the world, it is still going on.

I managed to photograph some beautiful local families as they spent their 2020 stuck at home. For me, this meant riding my bike to their house, or walking through the park to meet them on their front porches.

We met after bushwalks or at the end of the ‘school day’, we had a laugh and we captured some photos to mark this moment. I got to hear how other families were surviving and what I found was that most people relished the time together. It was kind of really nice to slow down a bit. We were forced to be creative, to be supportive and to focus on what mattered. There were hugs, giggles, tickles, shit-stirring and most of all, love.

I hope you all survived 2020. The year that was.