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My Corona Time Capsule
Endless days blurred into months of upheaval. We strove to forge forward. Twenty-one readers reveal the single object that defined the tenor of these times

By Family First Contributors

Family Diary
Maybe she was embarrassed about it, I thought. She certainly wasn’t willing to share it with me

By Shani Leiman

Family Tempo
In school, she ran the show. But she couldn’t reach her own son

By Rivka Streicher

Rocking Horse
The driver faces him, trying to get inside, but Tatte doesn’t even notice, his eyes are on the carriage, on her and Emmy

By Leah Gebber

Outside Chance
Oh, Chana, I chided myself. You just walked into a popularity contest

By Esther Kurtz

LifeTakes
I’m bundling airborne gift boxes of energy, picturing you as you had been before, hoping that you’ll continue to be after

By Raizy Friedman

Parshah
A person views the success of his equals as a sign of his own personal failure

By Faigy Peritzman

Family Reflections
When a simple conversation turns complicated, one party may be hearing more than was actually said

By Sarah Chana Radcliffe

The Current
In South America, winter is coming, and the worst may be yet to come

By Yaacov Lipszyc

For the Record
The yeshivah thrived in Detroit for more than a decade

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

Encore
The idea that had seemed so good half an hour earlier now seemed outlandish and weird

By Dov Haller

Double Dance
Rikki’s shoulders dropped. She had been enjoying being part of the group again

By Bracha Rosman

Guestlines
The retzon Hashem has decreed otherwise. It is time for some bittul 

By Rabbi Henoch Plotnik

FYI
“Spunky and friendly” equal extrovert and “shy or quiet” equal introvert? NO!

By Shoshana Itzkowitz