Last night’s Daring Stories was a wonderful and bittersweet experience.
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On one hand, I loved being able to get everybody together and make the show happen. We heard stories about making it through fractured relationships, difficult surgeries, and stupid jobs. In the middle of it all, I found it easy to get lost in the stories and feel the spirit of everybody who shared. For a short while it made me forget about everything that’s going on in the world.
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After the show was over and everybody logged off, for the first time since the virus scare started, I really felt that sinking heaviness about everything going on. I was also struck with the feeling that it might be a while before we’re able to get together in person again. It made me realize how easy it is to take that simple person-to-person interaction for granted.
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Most of all it just made me realize how important it is to keep creating community and connection however we can. I’ll keep doing these types of things for as long as we all still need them. Hopefully we can get together in person again soon but I think without creating these online opportunities we’d all go crazy before long too.
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Thanks to everybody who supported this experiment! I think it was a rousing success under the circumstance, right?
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Special thanks to all the storytellers! Your stories were a much-needed relief in a very uncertain time.
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Stay safe! Hopefully we see you all at the next one too. :)
Thoughts After Our First Online Event