{"id":27833,"date":"2020-05-25T09:07:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T13:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/?page_id=27833"},"modified":"2020-06-01T09:29:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T13:29:28","slug":"tanya-belisle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/values-culture\/covid-19-staff-stories\/tanya-belisle\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanya Belisle"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"27833\" class=\"elementor elementor-27833\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f682f86 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"f682f86\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d2c767\" data-id=\"3d2c767\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0acdfa9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0acdfa9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">COVID-19 Staff Stories<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8f0097 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8f0097\" 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150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b49858a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b49858a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On Monday, March 16<sup>th<\/sup>, Delvinia started working from home. The first few days were a blur as we all settled in, but by the end of the week, I was settling into a new routine. While the news reports were overwhelming, I felt like I was in a good place, professionally. Personally, was another matter.<\/p><p>My grandma had been in the hospital for 5 months leading up to the hospital lockdown, followed by the provincial lockdown. Knowing she was alone in the hospital, with no one allowed to visit, created a horrible feeling of helplessness. Monday, March 23<sup>rd<\/sup> came the call I had been dreading. The hospital was placing us on the allowed visitors list so we could come and say goodbye. That day was one of the hardest of my life. While you think you\u2019re prepared, you\u2019re not. Not fully. To compound our grief was the stress of planning a funeral in the midst of a pandemic. Chaotic would be putting it mildly.<\/p><p>Through all of this, I cannot express how much the support of my team, colleagues and the executive team at Delvinia meant to me. It was an immense relief, knowing I could shut off and focus on my family for a few days.\u00a0 I trusted the projects and the clients would be well taken care of, since we have spent a good deal of time ensuring the teams are flexible and can handle the unexpected. I never once felt like I was alone during this time.<\/p><p>It\u2019s been almost two months now, and my emotions have gone through a wide range. There was sadness that she was gone. Guilt that she may not have understood why we couldn\u2019t come once the hospital was in lockdown, wondering if that played a part in her decline. Guilt and anger that we couldn\u2019t give her the send-off that we wanted. That she would have wanted. Gratitude that I got as many years with her as I did, and we could say goodbye that last day. I\u2019m still struggling with anxiety: is everyone safe, is my parents\u2019 business going to survive this, how am I going to handle getting onto the GO train when restrictions are lifted? It\u2019s my nature to worry and I\u2019ve come to accept that and that I don\u2019t need to conform to others\u2019 schedules on when it\u2019s time to move on.<\/p><p>I\u2019ve thought long and hard about sharing my story since it\u2019s still so raw. I know I\u2019m not alone in losing a loved one during this period and my heart goes out to all those people. If there is anything I\u2019ve taken away from this, it\u2019s to value the time you have with your loved ones, as circumstances can change so quickly. My grandma drove me absolutely up the wall with some of the things she said and did, but now that she\u2019s gone, I miss them more than anything. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-90b2119 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"90b2119\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ddb89c7\" data-id=\"ddb89c7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca4cf13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ca4cf13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Share Tanya's Story:<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d24f3a\" data-id=\"9d24f3a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dbcaaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"0dbcaaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 Staff Stories Back to COVID-19 Staff Stories On Monday, March 16th, Delvinia started working from home. The first few days were a blur as we all settled in, but by the end of the week, I was settling into a new routine. 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