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Times of a Bitter Sweet Pandemic

Title (Dublin Core)

Times of a Bitter Sweet Pandemic

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During this pandemic, I have been feeling a wave of emotions. Loneliness, solidarity, confusion, boredom. These past few months have not been easy for anyone, to say the absolute least. Being isolated has taught me a lot about myself; a lot of things that have been hard to cope with. However, there was one thing that brought me joy during these times: baking. Baking ties in with so many things I like. Art, food, TV, and designing. On July 1st, it was my little sister Melia’s 9th birthday. For this important day, I decided to do something extravagant and make Oreo cupcakes. I’ve never made Oreo cupcakes because my family isn’t much of a sweet tooth, (and are kind of obsessed with richer tastes like strawberry) but my little sister LOVES Oreos. Because of that, I spent an entire night baking her cupcakes- making sure they were up to perfection. Knowing that she wasn’t able to get a proper celebration or party made me sad, but also motivated me to make the best out of that day just for her. The fumes of the sweet vanilla filled my kitchen as I spent the next few hours baking batches and batches of cupcakes. I would take occasional tastes of the batter just to make sure it was mixed evenly, of course. The cupcakes were left to bake for an hour, and that was the time I spent to make sure the decorations would be perfect. The next day, I surprised her with the cupcakes and she was ecstatic. I was worried that it the cupcakes weren’t enough for a 9 year old because the pandemic limited me from getting her a physical present, like a toy. Nobody’s ever went out of their way to make such cool cupcakes, she said. I even went with to one of Melia’s friends houses with her so we could share our sweet surprise with them. Not only did I make my sister’s day, but I even made some other little kids’ day too!

Although this story may seem like any regular birthday surprise, it showed me how much the littlest things could bring someone so much joy, and there will always be a light at the end of the tunnel, even if it may be a dim one.

Date (Dublin Core)

October 27, 2020

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

AmericanStudies

Partner (Dublin Core)

California High School
San Ramon Valley Unified School District

Type (Dublin Core)

Pictures I took myself

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Emotion
English Education--K12
English Recreation & Leisure
English Neighborhoods
English Home & Family Life
English Food & Drink

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

baking
cupcake
birthday
sister
friend
happy
oreo
sweet

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

California High School
American Studies
San Francisco Bay Area
sensory history
San Ramon Valley Unified School District

Collection (Dublin Core)

Children
K-12
San Francisco Bay Area
COVID Birthdays

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Sensory History & COVID-19, Lesson Plan

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

10/27/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

10/30/2020
07/12/2021
10/16/2023
11/12/2023

Date Created (Dublin Core)

10/27/2020

Item sets

Covid 19
High School

This item was submitted on October 27, 2020 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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