Lee Smith
"On March 13, I sat in the parking lot of Washington-Liberty High School and wished my high-school career goodbye."
Covid Chronicles
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."
Annie Moyer
"When we see students practicing poses in their homes with cats perched on their bellies, dogs stretching downward alongside them, we see a landscape of beautiful proportions."
Jen Atkin
"All of my kids are home. I’d be lying if I said it didn’t make me feel a sense of peace. But this isn’t how it’s supposed to be."
Kris Petersen
"The natural state of a personal trainer is eternal optimist. The reality is that COVID-19 might slowly bleed us out."
Ami Foster
"My husband and I have a running joke where I ask if I can cut his hair. This time he said yes."
Sam Haga
"I had pictured the spring of my freshman year of college differently. Discussing Renaissance poetry over Zoom doesn’t quite feel Shakespearean."
Kathryn Hamm
"This will be my son's generation’s 9/11. Their Challenger explosion. Their Kennedy assassination."
Nick Freshman
"The future of my restaurants is uncertain, but many restaurants have already had to abandon their futures."
