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Rolling Through It
Title (Dublin Core)
Rolling Through It
Description (Dublin Core)
During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, when playgrounds were closed and everything felt uncertain, my kids and I found unexpected joy in an unlikely place: an empty church parking lot and a couple of skateboards.
What started as a desperate attempt to get outside and shake off the cabin fever quickly turned into a daily ritual. We wobbled, we fell, we laughed. We brought snacks, lawn chairs, and invited friends—staying six feet apart but feeling closer than ever. That parking lot became our DIY skatepark, our recess, our mental health break.
Learning to skateboard in my 40s wasn’t exactly on my bucket list, but it gave us something else the pandemic had taken: momentum. We didn’t need to be good—just brave enough to push off and try again.
Turns out, a parking lot and a skateboard can be the start of something beautiful.
What started as a desperate attempt to get outside and shake off the cabin fever quickly turned into a daily ritual. We wobbled, we fell, we laughed. We brought snacks, lawn chairs, and invited friends—staying six feet apart but feeling closer than ever. That parking lot became our DIY skatepark, our recess, our mental health break.
Learning to skateboard in my 40s wasn’t exactly on my bucket list, but it gave us something else the pandemic had taken: momentum. We didn’t need to be good—just brave enough to push off and try again.
Turns out, a parking lot and a skateboard can be the start of something beautiful.
Date (Dublin Core)
Creator (Dublin Core)
Type (Dublin Core)
Photograph
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Home & Family Life
English
Recreation & Leisure
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Collection (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
07/27/2025
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
08/20/2025
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This item was submitted on July 27, 2025 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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