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Collected Item: “Turning 5 years old in February 2021”

Give your story a title.

Turning 5 years old in February 2021

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

Photo

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.

My daughter turned five on February 19, 2021. We had no family or friends over to celebrate. We had individual Zoom calls with each set of grandparents & a Zoom birthday cake celebration with all of the aunts, uncle, cousins, a great aunt & grandparents late in the evening.

People sent their gifts ahead of time. She opened them throughout the day. We gave our daughter her birthday gifts, too.

This particular photo is showing virtual Bingo. One set of grandparents sent over a Bingo card set & they had a copy of the same one. We played the game virtually. My daughter had a lot of fun.

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?

PandemicBirthday, Winter2021, February2021, Turning5inaPandemic, Family, FamilyGathering, MilestoneBirthday, Milestone

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

Tanya DeOliveira

Give this story a date.

2021-02-19
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