Sarah Nealy
"Giving birth to your first child is an exciting and nerve-racking experience. Now throw in a pandemic."
Covid Chronicles
Paula Levin-Alcorn
"Will our dogs need grief therapy after we all go back to work? Or will they be relieved?"
David Amoroso
"The world stops for hours as I create new paintings. Art has always been my therapy."
Monique Caldwell
Scenes from a middle school theater production: "We have now been in online rehearsals for about four weeks."
Jamie Sample
"Each time I start class and their names and faces pop up, I let go of the breath I didn’t know I was holding."
Maureen Devine-Ahl
"Home is not a safe place for everyone, especially those in isolation who are victims of domestic violence."
Kim Rosenthal
"Without hockey and baseball, my husband recently found himself cheering the skillful play of a dodgeball tournament rerun."
Amanda Taylor
"I can be welcomed into a grocery store with a bandana tied around my face. My white skin frees me from the worry that I may be mistaken for a criminal."
Marybeth Connelly
"We needed a hippo-sized mascot face mask, so I made one." Happy Birthday, Danny!
Peter Markov
"My practice has been closed for over three weeks. I miss the high fives. I miss the smiles."
Elisa Rosman
"I have often realized that when I get overwhelmed, I simply forget to make music."
Jennifer Cassata
"When I asked my senior, 'Are you okay?' it was something she had heard me ask a gazillion times. However, this was so not one of those times."
Krysta Jones
"Blacks are disproportionately dying from COVID-19. I feel the health system took a gamble on my life."
Lee Smith
"On March 13, I sat in the parking lot of Washington-Liberty High School and wished my high-school career goodbye."
A Nurse in Falls Church
"I fear getting sick, but I am even more terrified that I will infect my family. I haven't hugged my kids in weeks."
Reema Bogin
"Masks are a double-edged sword for people like me. The D.C. area has one of the highest per capita populations of deaf and hard of hearing people."
Susan Silver Levy
"Little did I realize all those nights around the kitchen table, bartering sheep and brick for ore and wood, amounted to training that would help me survive quarantine."
Quang Le
"Blaming an ethnic group doesn’t get us closer to ending the pandemic or finding a cure."
Tammy Rosen
"I should be worried about my health, but what keeps me up at night is the fear I may lose everything."
Mark Whittington
I’m a fly fisherman. This quiet, lonely time represents a chance to rig up.
Madelyn Rosenberg
"We said a prayer for health care workers. We made jokes about the prophet Elijah maintaining six feet of social distancing. We drank grape juice and terrible wine."
