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Collected Item: “Not overseas but home”

Give your story a title.

Not overseas but home

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Text. I wrote it.

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

I wrote this story for Womankind magazine's online 'Life in Lockdown' site. It is my reflection on my decision to cancel my long-planned overseas family adventure in the very early days of the pandemic. I wish I'd kept a better diary of this time so I'm glad I wrote this piece.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#cancel, #ByronBay, #Australia, #cancelledtrip, #memoir, #stayinghome

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Vivienne Pearson

Give this story a date.

2020-02-28
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