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First Hug in Months
Title (Dublin Core)
First Hug in Months
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Description (Dublin Core)
My family and I have always been really close, meeting for family days as often as we can. Family gatherings will begin and end with hugs. When the pandemic started, we ensured that we isolated from everyone, even each other, as we all live in separate households and my father and sister have autoimmune diseases, and I have asthma and two heart conditions. Basically, Covid-19 was dangerous for all of us and we were afraid not only to contract it, but even more so to possibly give it to each other. While we would talk over Google Duo and Zoom, it honestly was not the same as getting to interact in person. There is huge importance and one could even say power in human contact, in human touch. It can be something that inflicts pain or reassurance. In this case, I lost the reassurance of hugs and seeing my family in person. The first time I hugged my older sister after lockdown started was about three months after lockdown began. We had both been isolated for weeks without symptoms and without having gone anywhere, and we had both tested negative for it. It had been the longest time I have gone without hugging her. I cried.
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Type (Dublin Core)
Text Story
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Health & Wellness
English
Home & Family Life
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
Covid-19
HST643
Sensory History
Arizona State University
Lockdown
Quarantine
Isolation
Home
Family
Hugs
Collection (Dublin Core)
Disability
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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
06/29/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
07/07/2021
07/17/2021
08/05/2021
04/15/2022
06/27/2023
Date Created (Dublin Core)
05/25/2020
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This item was submitted on June 29, 2021 by Taryn Ray using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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