I have a 6 year old. The preschool closed, and we were destroyed seeing her stuck at home. She had no kids to play with, nothing to do. Having no routine was rough. My husband and I are both disabled and stay at home, and our apartment is studio-sized, so it’s close quarters for us.… Continue reading diane h.
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anonymous
Hard: ZOOM CLASSES. Our ADHD kid had enough meltdowns over this to where we had to transfer them to an independent study program just so they didn’t have to be locked into that inflexible and inefficient algorithm. (I couldn’t stand it either, would’ve done the same in their place growing up.) Also tough: helping them… Continue reading anonymous
marilyn a.
My 23-year-old son lost his job and had to move home. I empathized with his feelings on the outside, but jumped for joy at the blessing of having him home to “mother” again (if only temporarily) and gulp in each and every wonderful minute on the inside!
jeremy b.
2020 taught me so many things! It was rough, but it pushed me into doing the things that scare me the most. I closed my salon after 25 years of being a hairstylist. Doing hair during a pandemic provided clear vision into the things that I was tolerating — people, places, things, beliefs and philosophies.… Continue reading jeremy b.
erica k.
What I have noticed is that even if I question out of curiosity, I get cut off. There’s no conversation. I feel like what I hear mostly is “I’m going to tell you something that NO ONE ELSE will tell you.” But I’m not allowed to have any questions or a differing opinion. Even though… Continue reading erica k.
martin g.
I lost a good friend this year due to their political views being so reprehensible to my moral barometer. Mark goes back a good forty years with me. He married a kind and caring wife. We lost track of each other for about 15 years as I dealt with my daughter’s medical issues, but reconnected… Continue reading martin g.
adam d.
I feel deeply for all the families struggling through the pandemic, but having my daughter with me for school-at-home has actually given me one of the best years I can remember. I’ve worked at home most of my life, first as a musician, now as a writer and designer. I feel lucky to be a… Continue reading adam d.
joyce r.
Saddened and disheartened that people can be fed a diet of fear and hate, passed off as “news.” I choose to no longer engage in political discussions with those who have gone down the rabbit hole.
brady c.
The people in my life who have fallen prisoner to the Q effect spent their lives being primed by a delusional level of fervent religiosity. It’s difficult to define it as a story rather than an ongoing syndrome. There seems to be no beginning and no end. Only a ridiculous and devastating middle.
anonymous
A few people in my family jumped on the Trump train, and my mom was one of them, along with her new husband, who is evidently an aspiring conservative pundit (he wrote a book … I got through a chapter before having to put it down, it’s … not well-researched ). She’s basically believing anything… Continue reading anonymous