Item

First Hug in Months

Title (Dublin Core)

First Hug in Months

Disclaimer (Dublin Core)

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Description (Dublin Core)

My family and I have always been really close, meeting for family days as often as we can. Family gatherings will begin and end with hugs. When the pandemic started, we ensured that we isolated from everyone, even each other, as we all live in separate households and my father and sister have autoimmune diseases, and I have asthma and two heart conditions. Basically, Covid-19 was dangerous for all of us and we were afraid not only to contract it, but even more so to possibly give it to each other. While we would talk over Google Duo and Zoom, it honestly was not the same as getting to interact in person. There is huge importance and one could even say power in human contact, in human touch. It can be something that inflicts pain or reassurance. In this case, I lost the reassurance of hugs and seeing my family in person. The first time I hugged my older sister after lockdown started was about three months after lockdown began. We had both been isolated for weeks without symptoms and without having gone anywhere, and we had both tested negative for it. It had been the longest time I have gone without hugging her. I cried.

Date (Dublin Core)

May 25, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Taryn Ray

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Taryn Ray

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST643

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Text Story

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Health & Wellness
English Home & Family Life

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

hug
isolation
touch
autoimmune
asthma
heart disease
Google Duo
Zoom
contact
test
cry
lockdown
Phoenix
Arizona

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

Covid-19
HST643
Sensory History
Arizona State University
Lockdown
Quarantine
Isolation
Home
Family
Hugs

Collection (Dublin Core)

Disability

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Sensory history submissions and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

06/29/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

07/07/2021
07/17/2021
08/05/2021
04/15/2022
06/27/2023

Date Created (Dublin Core)

05/25/2020

Item sets

Covid 19

This item was submitted on June 29, 2021 by Taryn Ray 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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