Last week, life presented us with a… situation. We could either look at it as an obstacle or an opportunity.

The coronavirus had hit Bahrain. Within 24 hours of announcing that the first case has been discovered, they were already up to nine more. The schools immediately reacted and closed their doors for a minimum of two weeks. Soon other businesses followed suit and within a few days most of my children’s extracurricular activities had been closed for two weeks as well.

As I said, this could...