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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
This past weekend, my husband, daughter and I met my brother, his boyfriend and our niece in Cold Spring, NY. It was a perfect day to walk around, picnic on the Hudson and just be together after too many months apart. As we sat, ate and laughed, I looked at the water and noticed these three posts. I felt like they represented myself, my husband and our daughter. Since the pandemic began and our lives changed in ways we could never imagine, we've kept our heads above water because we have been in it together. We each have our own space, but not too much to keep us separated at such a scary time. This photo makes me feel happy. This photo reminds me that life is about family and anyone you feel close to, that you're all in it together in one way or another.
October 6, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
This week we completely reassessed our childcare plans for the fall. We had FINALLY felt ready to send our daughter to day care. She is 20 months old, but with high vaccination rates and low transmission rates in the state and county, we were feeling optimistic. Now DELTA is in full swing, children are getting sick and I just can't bring myself to send her, knowing she could very likely get sick and it would be because we knowingly put her into a situation where she would be exposed.
We are now scrambling, 3 weeks before the school year is set to begin, to find someone to watch her. People responding to our job ads are unvaccinated and overall I just don't feel safe allowing into our home exposing our child.
And so,
August 11, 2021