Collected Item: “Watching My Baby Cousins Grow Up On Zoom”
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Watching My Baby Cousins Grow Up On Zoom
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Screenshot
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At the beginning of the pandemic, when everything went into lockdown, my uncle started weekly family Zoom calls on Sunday mornings. Through these weekly calls, we actually saw each other more often than before the pandemic, and they became a nice time to check in with everybody and share stories and what's going on with our lives. My favorite part is seeing my two baby cousins, both of whom don't live near me. When we started, my youngest cousin was four months old, and through Zoom, we have watched her learn to walk and we celebrated her first birthday together. My other baby cousin loves to talk to the family and share her toys, clothes, and food through the screen. It is all very cute, and I am grateful for the family time I get to have through Zoom.
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#DePaulHST269, #family, #familyzoom, #babies, #babycousins, #grateful, #connection, #chicago
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Anya Paluch
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2021-02-18