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Think about the people closest to you. Tell us about how the coronavirus has affected them, and their life.
This is a photo of a chalk drawing of Hope and Love drawn by a young child, another interesting find on a neighborhood walk. Not being able to go to school, and parents doing homeschooling has affected the lives of my children and grandchildren. I have faith that my grandchildren will be able to eventually catch up on their schooling. Other children won't be able to.I worry about this a lot. At this point in the evil pandemic, no one knows when children all over the world will be able to return to school. This is a problem that will be talked about and written about for perhaps endless years. Did people write about how children were affected educationally after the Spanish Flu of 1918-1919? Where is that information?I can't find it.
August 15, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
There is a sense of darkness and despair over the land. We try to keep up fronts of happiness and hope, but underneath it is an overwhelming sadness. Everywhere you look is bad news. The novel coronavirus is all around us, hiding in plain sight. We try to make living like this okay but you can see the fatigue and sadness in the eyes of everyone you meet. A happy distraction went viral on Facebook. A photo of Bernie Sanders sitting on a folding chair wearing mittens at the Presidential Inauguration was superimposed on photographs and shared countless times to the amusement of all. But… even that photo of Senator Sanders was depressing. He was sitting alone slumped on a chair, looking sad and cold, wearing a mask and mittens. When will this time of darkness end?
January 28, 2021