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Collected Item: “"COVID took one of the most important things in my live" by Alfredo Serrano”

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"COVID took one of the most important things in my live" by Alfredo Serrano

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

Photograph, found on Lindenwood University's athletics web page

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.

Soccer has always been a huge part of my life. Soccer has been one of the most important (if not the most) things in my life, not only has taught me a big majority of my values and has opened the gates of college for me.
After the outbreak of COVID-19, I was forced to come back to Spain, my native country. Leaving in the middle of Spring season left me a feeling of sadness and emptiness... But that was not the worst thing no, the worst thing was not being able to play soccer for five months straight. COVID has taken away what soccer represented for me, and I couldn't be more excited to play again in a couple of weeks... I'm truly nervous.

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?

#COVID19, #Soccer, #CollegeSoccer

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

Lindenwood University media association

Give this story a date.

0018-03-18
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