Collected Item: “A light in the Dark”
Give your story or documents a proposed title
A light in the Dark
Tell us a story; share your experience. Or describe the item you are submitting. What does the object or story you've uploaded say about the pandemic, and/or why is it important to you?
The pandemic was a very dark time for the world and it was a dark time for me personally. I just remembering feeling at if the world would be stuck in this moment forever it felt like someone had just hit the pause button and stopped everything and in a sense that is pretty much what happened. While just going the motions of what the new normal for the world I remember getting news that practically unpaused everything for me and the news was that I would be getting a nephew. This is the reason why I see my nephew as a light in the darkness because it was the news of his life that gave me the ability to look past all of the bad that was happening and to start looking forward and keep pushing because there are always going to be good things that eventually come along.
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.? And where did you find it?
Text story
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I am sole creator
Use tags (separated by commas) to describe your story or documents. For example: Does it relate to a particular neighborhood? Does it relate to a particular aspect of the pandemic: school, work, family, hospital.
Family, hope
Give a date associated with this story or documents.
2021-08
What is your affiliation, if any, with Brooklyn College? (e.g. Junior undergrad majoring in history; faculty in the English Dept; human resources staff member; alumni; community member; Brooklyn resident; etc.)
Sophomore undergrad majoring in health and nutritional sciences
If what you are submitting was created as part of a Brooklyn College class, please indicate the course code (i.e., ENG1010) semester, and professor:
HNSC2100 Spring 2025 Dr. Maregrethe
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