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Stay-at-home measures have changed so much of our daily routines, from the way we live to the way we work and, most importantly, the way we communicate with others. In this week’s Modern Love essay, a deaf mother who uses sign language sees an expressive upside to the stillness of the pandemic, as the world shifts to find new ways to communicate with their loved ones. Amid the pause, she and her young daughter, who is not deaf, return to sign language, where words are replaced by facial expressions and hand gestures.
And, staying in touch with loved ones has become a crucial part of coping while quarantined, but what do you do when staying connected with less tech-savvy family and friends becomes difficult? Here are five simple ways to stay connected with anyone, at any tech-literacy level.
Be well and send your mother (or mother figure) a virtual hug!
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Together Apart: Taking Vows Amid the Virus
Join Elaine Welteroth, a New York Times best-selling author, award-winning journalist, and former editor in chief of Teen Vogue, and Priya Parker, the author of “The Art of Gathering” and host of The Times’s new “Together Apart” podcast, on Thursday, May 12 at 12:30 p.m. E.T., where they will discuss how the pandemic has reshaped and reimagined long-observed rituals around the world.
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