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Collected Item: “the offer of hope”

Give your story a title.

the offer of hope

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

photograph

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.

I took this photo at LAX on March 9, 2020. My father died suddenly the evening before. The Coronavirus was beginning to change our daily lives. Little did I know that this trip would be the last for many months. Each day offers us a chance for a new beginning. I hope we remember the lives lost. I hope we remember the quiet beauty of an empty city. I hope we remember the gratitude we felt for all the doctors, nurses, service workers, delivery drivers, teachers and frontline workers. I hope we remember the creative outlets we found. For all the missed birthdays, graduations, anniversaries, barbeques and gatherings, I hope we now embrace one another in the joy of each new day.

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?

#remiklitsch, #LAX, #morning, #sunrise. #theofferofhope, #covid, #coronavirus, #lockdown, #pandemic, #whenyoucantfindthewords, #CEPAGallery

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rem60/49671679851/in/album-72157684768903683/

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

Rosemary Miklitsch

Give this story a date.

2020-03-09
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