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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
This is a photo taken as I passed a bus on the street. I personally am too high risk to ride public transit in this pandemic, even if it were physically possible for me, but I found it interesting that the driver has a taped off section in front and riders are supposed to get in the back door. Other notes from.the week: Participating in Pandemic journaling project study feels good , to know I can contribute somehow to future understanding of this crazy time. Has an effect on my writing because I know someone else might read it. ...
August 11, 2020
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Think about something really important that happened to you this week, and tell us about it.
The most important thing that happened was the death of a significant member of the extended family and the realization of how spread apart we all are in this most stressful of times. For the first time I find myself questioning whether I've made the right choice to emigrate away from my own immigrant parents, wondering how I will manage to take care of them and be there for them. And now my own daughter is moving on with her life by moving to yet another part of the world to be with her partner--so here we are now, spread out on four continents. I wish I could just gather everyone tight so we could all be together.
December 25, 2020