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I Am An American Mom in Beijing and This Is How the Pandemic Unfolded Here

Kelly Ryner is an ex-pat living in Beijing, China. Last week she posted about her experience living in China during the initial outbreak of Covid-19 on Facebook. Living in China with COVID-19 Here is her post: Greetings from Beijing! I know, Im lousy about keeping up on Facebook and I havent opened it since Christmas,

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A Nurse On the Front Lines Asks Young People to DO THE RIGHT THING

Stephanie Duddy Weinwurm is a registered nurse who has a 4 year-old son and she is married to a firefighter/paramedic. Yesterday she posted the following on her Facebook page: Ive been wanting to post all weekend but I was too busy and exhausted, physically and mentally. I have been endlessly dressed in a gown and

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I’m Approaching My Son’s Last Year At Home And I’m Not Handling It Well

My son stands at the kitchen faucet drinking out of it although Ive told him to stop at least one-thousand times since this habit started. I almost tripped on his humongous sneakers today and his socks are lying on the floor. I dont say anything to him about it, but its not because I dont

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Year of Lasts to Year of Firsts: From High School Senior to College Freshman

Just a year ago I spent a lot of time simply gazing at my daughter. A lot of long, wistful stares as she did pedestrian things like toast a frozen waffle, brush her hair, scroll through Instagram, even sleep. I was a bit of a creeper. And I took photos sometimes. (Ok, a lot of

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“Please Pay Attention, Americans” Says This Mom From Italy

I am in Italy with my two youngest children while my older son is in college in the US and my truly grown and flown is working.  When China started reporting cases of Corona I went about my day. I went to Italian class and marveled at how fast they were throwing hospitals up in

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Open Letter to College Students; We Are Heartbroken For You

Dear College Students, Our hearts are with you. We know this wasnt how your year was supposed to end We know this wasnt how the second chunk of your spring semester was supposed to go.You were supposed to be mustering up some reserves of perseverance to finish the year strong.You were supposed to be opening

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Teacher Who Survived Katrina Has This Advice for Class of 2020

Chris Dier, 2020 Louisiana Teacher of the Year & National Teacher of the Year Finalist, knows what its like to have his senior year of high school wrecked by a major crisis Hurricane Katrina. Here are his thoughts for you, Class of 2020. Letter from teacher who survived Katrina his senior year Dear High

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One Way the Young and Healthy Can Help Our Elderly and Immunocompromised Neighbors

Were all a bit freaked right now, and understandably so. Its not like weve ever been through a pandemic that shuts down entire nations before. But those who are at high risk of poor outcomes if they get infected are particularly on edge. And we know that not everyone has people they can ask for

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A Message for Parents of College Students Working From Home (Including Myself), From a Faculty Member

Many of us are navigating new terrain beginning this week, so I thought Id share a few thoughts as we move forward. Some thoughts for the new reality of online, at-home learning 1. Your student is not home for break, and dont treat it as such. Your student is still carrying a full course load

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Choose Kindness In the Age of Covid-19

For a few days there were rumblings on social media about people hoarding toilet paper and bottles of water. It was a bit funny, until it wasnt.  After lots of jokes, someone posted a supermarket picture that stopped me cold and brought on panic. The tampon aisle was bare. There were no baby wipes or

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