Collected Item: “Long distance letters”
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Long distance letters
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
This is a photograph of one of the boxes my friends and I sent to each other state to state when our university closed due to COVID-19.
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.
This photo is a birtday box my friend sent me from Maryland to Florida. We originally planned on celebrating together because we'd be at school still, riding out the end of our freshman year of college, but with all Florida universities being shut down in early March, we were forced to move out of our dorm and return to our homes. This image is important to me because with the craziness and uncertancy of the future, we went back to our roots and stayed in contact the old fashoned way, letters. While we still talked on the phone and texted, waiting to get your next letter in the mail was exciting and fun. In this particular box, I was sent a shirt that my friend tye-dyed herself & a couple of letters about different things she'd been doing (or not doing) and just letters about life. Even though we were apart, being able to write and send momentums made us all feel closer.
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#college, #distance, #friendship, #hardtimes, #connection, #handwritten, #unique, #excitement
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Kathryn Edwards & Elyssa Emmett
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2020-04-16