Blue White wrote to All <=-
Well, if you all are tired of hearing all the bad things that are
going on lately, I have been noticing some things that, when
times are "normal" would not be happening but that I think are
really nice.
I was out walking today and there was not one, but two parades in
my neighborhood. One was apparently some primary school teachers
driving around to see their students (from a distance!). They
were honking horns and hanging out windows. Kids were waiting at
the foot of driveways, and at least one had written a "miss you"
message to her favorite teacher in chalk.
The second, larger one turned out to be for a kid's 5-year
birthday. That one must have had 15-20 cars! The family has a
corner lot, so the cars were lined up on both streets, everyone
singing "Happy Birthday" to the kid in the front yard. When I
first saw them, they were all still in procession, all of them
waving at me while I waited to cross the road. All of them had
balloons and signs on them. They went around the corner and
parked by the house.
Yes, I social distanced (is that a word?) on both occassions. :)
Something else I heard on a conference call today regarding
people who are working from home with young children also home
from school. Since the kids can't go see their grandparents,
they have a daily morning "video conference call" with the
grandparents. They do that in one room while the parent is able
to get meetings, work, etc., done in another room.
So they have a daily scheduled meeting just like their parent
does. :)
I thought that was a neat idea, not only for parents with kids
but also for kids who are maybe used to being able to spend time
with loved ones that they currently are not able to.
Well, if you all are tired of hearing all the bad things that are going on lately, I have been noticing some things that, when times are "normal"
would not be happening but that I think are really nice.
Blue White wrote to All <=-
Something else I heard on a conference call today regarding people who
are working from home with young children also home from school. Since the kids can't go see their grandparents, they have a daily morning
"video conference call" with the grandparents. They do that in one
room while the parent is able to get meetings, work, etc., done in
another room.
So they have a daily scheduled meeting just like their parent does. :)
I thought that was a neat idea, not only for parents with kids but also for kids who are maybe used to being able to spend time with loved ones that they currently are not able to.
Grease wrote to Blue White <=-
That is some cool stuff. Even in adversity, we find a way to do good things.
Grease wrote to Blue White <=-
That is some cool stuff. Even in adversity, we find a way to do good things.
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Blue White <=-
We've been doing that with my 10-year old daughter and her friends. My
16- year old already had several ways to talk to his friends - they
played Dungeons and Dragons over Discord recently.
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Blue White <=-
We've been doing that with my 10-year old daughter and her friends. My
16- year old already had several ways to talk to his friends - they
played Dungeons and Dragons over Discord recently.
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