An Unimaginable Season
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on march 19th
when we were sent home from school for a
long spring break
no one expected that this whole
coronavirus thing would last
this long but here we are
as my mom was in the middle of an
unimaginable year
in the middle of an unimaginable season
in the middle of an unimaginable
you get it right this year
has been hard we have all missed out on
important and super fun things
just requirements and zoos parties with
friends and family
happy meals like claim jumper
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that’s delicious i really really miss
those
and for me missing out on first grade in
the classroom
it’s been hard but we all had to do our
part in stopping this crowd of cloven
protective people are sicker than us but
how do we do this without losing our
minds
when you get creative so i thought to
myself
what makes me feel better when i’m sad
or sick
and then i remembered when i was little
and i would get sick
my mom would always build a new fort in
the living room and blow up an air
mattress move but cuddle and watch
movies until i felt better
and then i got an idea
what if i could help people when they’re
sadder sick but teach them how to have
their own viewing parties
so here’s what you need one
pick a showroom movie i would pick
pokemon
two make a plan with the grown-ups like
time and place and not just that you
could even
pick a theme planting snacks and drinks
big characters or costumes
come up with trivia questions get prizes
and gifts for trivia contest
winners and give you a projector screen
and other fun ideas
three invite people you can invite the
people you live with
or your small quarantine pod you can
even invite the people that
aren’t in your home or pod to join the
zoom viewing party
trust me you can
not have a blast
and do you know what the best part is
you can’t do it wrong
we had such a fun time we had a cringe
viewing party that lasted three days
and we watched all the grinch movies
we had a cloudy with a chance to meet
balls party where we eat spaghetti
tornadoes and meatball boulders and end
with ice cream snow for dessert
for my little sister marigold’s third
birthday we watched trolls world tour at
my auntie toy and uncle markie’s house
on their huge projector screen
and spooky halloween decoration to the
christmas tree
i know that makes no sense but i don’t
have time to explain it now
you can make it as big or as simple as
you want
sometimes we just blow up an air
mattress in the living room and cuddle
and sometimes we go all out but either
way
time together with my pupil makes me
happy it makes us all happy right
my hope for this project is that it will
bring people together
people in the same home and families and
friends that are so far away from each
other
because even when i’m with my people
sometimes i feel alone
so together let’s escape to pallet town
and canta with action and pokemon
or travel to the serengeti can’t walk
throw me the sand dunes
or have an adventure in vast amazon
rainforest
and see all the colorful parrots and you
might even see some tree lizards
we’re spending time with our good friend
charlie brown in the whole
peanuts game for thanksgiving and
christmas
whether it’s together in the same house
they are or on zoom or face time
we can still go places and do things
together even when you’re not going
anywhere at all
and wouldn’t it be cool if this became a
way we could
all continue to spend time together even
after the pandemic ends so try something
new
our creative ideas can last beyond the
pandemic
maybe we all need to cuddle and watch
movies together until the pandemic is
over
or at least until we feel a little bit
better
you