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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
I escaped this week and it felt great. This picture is only about 30 minutes of relaxation while watching children, but still, to be out of the house, in nature, with family, it was amazing! I broke all the rules - hugs, snuggles with a baby who is passed from person to person and slobbers over everyone, going into houses, eating together, etc. Frankly, I don't care. Right now at least. I hope and pray that I am able to stay healthy and that all of my family is too. It was risky but necessary - my mother had emergency surgery and I needed to be there. Thank God, she is healing and fine. And I would do it again to be there for her. I had missed her so much. Going there felt great, and coming home again felt much better. I don't feel as trapped, as desperate. And when I do start to go stir crazy again, now I have this beautiful picture to remind me that there is still nature and family not too far away.
August 11, 2020
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Talk about some of the things that have changed most about the world since the pandemic began.
I believe the things that have changed the most since the pandemic began are the way people live and behave. It seems like many people are living in fear and suspicion. Emotions are either heightened or deadened. I don’t see much happiness or hope around me. The vaccine promises to make everything better, but I believe it is false hope. Since the pandemic, more people are behaving in ways that are destructive and divisive. We have seen demonstrations, looting, destruction, violence, and crime increase, even though people are told to social distance and stay home. Many, it seems, feel their rights are more important than the rights of others and try to punish others or prove themselves in destructive ways
January 31, 2021