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[quote=Anonymous]It makes me sad too, OP. I know that history teaches us it could be much, much worse, but I still mourn the childhood that I had hoped to give my kid. And mine is around the same age. I think about stuff like her spending her first several years of school interacting with teachers either via Zoom or in a mask. Of missing out on a lot of time with grandparents that we will never get back. And yes, of having to spend this time with adults who are stressed out and scared a lot, even as we work very hard not to expose her to that and to still make this time as special and meaningful as possible.

I try to focus on the things we've gained, if we can. For instance, she and I went hiking 1-2 times a week on weekdays last year because she was home with us for much of the year. We never would have gotten all that 1 on 1 time in nature were in not for Covid and distance learning and me getting furloughed for a long while. Now I have so many memories of walking woods with her in all kinds of weather, talking about why leaves fall of trees and trying to recite some Robert Frost from memory and listening to her sing her favorite pop songs to me and tell me stories she made up in her bed the night before.

So I'm sad about what she's missed but I'm trying not to let it obscure the fact that hey, we're still living and this doesn't have to be lost time. It's different than I planned, worse in many ways. But it's still time.[/quote]

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