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A muffled voice

Title (Dublin Core)

A muffled voice

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Description (Dublin Core)

My six-year-old son often forgets he’s wearing a mask. We’ll leave his school, the grocery store, anywhere really, and he’ll spend the entire car ride home with his mask still on. He’s even tried to eat with it on a few times! I can always hear when he’s forgotten to take it off because it muffles his voice. He talks constantly, I like to say that he actually voices his internal monologue, so I can tell exactly when he takes his mask off even if I can’t see him. When I hear that he’s still wearing his mask, I often think about the instability of being a child (and raising a child) during a global pandemic. His life and his routines have changed so frequently in the past year and a half, but he has been incredibly adaptive and understanding the entire time. Hearing his muffled little voice always makes me appreciate this awesome kid of mine while also making me really consider these chaotic times we’re living in.

Date (Dublin Core)

October 15, 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

Amanda Kight

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Amanda Kight

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST643

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

text story
paragraph

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Home & Family Life
English Public Health & Hospitals

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

child
mask
muffled
voice
mother
adaptive
understanding
instability

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

sensory history
child
parent
mask

Collection (Dublin Core)

Children

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

10/15/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

10/22/2021
10/25/2021
11/08/2021
04/19/2022
06/27/2023

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This item was submitted on October 15, 2021 by Amanda Kight using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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