Covid-19 Archives - World Moms Network https://iv1r64b91k.onrocket.site/category/covid-19/ Connecting mothers; empowering women around the globe. Tue, 26 Apr 2022 13:29:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.11 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-World-Moms-Network-Logo-512-125x125.jpg Covid-19 Archives - World Moms Network https://iv1r64b91k.onrocket.site/category/covid-19/ 32 32 From Disappointment to Apathy: a COVID outcome https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/04/26/from-disappointment-to-apathy-a-covid-outcome/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-disappointment-to-apathy-a-covid-outcome https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/04/26/from-disappointment-to-apathy-a-covid-outcome/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2022 13:09:14 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37962 Kids need to learn how to deal with disappointment I’ve heard this said time and time again, especially when my teenagers were younger. Most of the time, it was meant as general advice towards today’s generation of spoiled children but the advice has been directed towards me as well. I admit, I’ve been the kind […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/04/26/from-disappointment-to-apathy-a-covid-outcome/feed/ 1 Family in Transit https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/02/14/family-in-transit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=family-in-transit https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/02/14/family-in-transit/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2022 19:45:38 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37407 A recent post on Instagram had me chuckling and sighing at the same time. Someone had shared about the expatriate experience and said it was a cycle of unpacking, attempting to settle in, and packing up again. Then repeat. This resonated powerfully with me because it hits the bulls-eye when it comes to describing expatriate […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2022/02/14/family-in-transit/feed/ 3 COVID and Crayons https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/12/07/covid-and-crayons/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=covid-and-crayons https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/12/07/covid-and-crayons/#respond Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37698 When I was a little girl, I loved coloring books and could spend hours with my crayons, meticulously coloring between the lines. It didn´t require much thinking. The assignment was clear and I got the job done. If I simply stayed within those lines, all turned out well. Lately however, life is not as simple […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/12/07/covid-and-crayons/feed/ 0 Fatigue: The Invisible Symptom of Covid-19 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/10/07/__trashed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=__trashed https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/10/07/__trashed/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:03:54 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37451 Fatigue.  Sure, we all feel it now and again. But recently, I seem to encounter this word more than usual. It pops up on my Instagram feed and lingers in the air from overheard conversations at work. A few weeks ago, Singapore was even cited in an article as being the most fatigued nation in […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/10/07/__trashed/feed/ 3 A Forever Friend Brought Me Out Of The Pandemic https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/09/30/forever-friend-pandemic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=forever-friend-pandemic https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/09/30/forever-friend-pandemic/#respond Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:48:19 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37431 I was on the road for my family’s much anticipated summer vacation when I received a text from my friend Amy, whom I had not seen in over a decade. She saw my post on social media about my destination, which is where she now lived, and asked if we could get together. Gracious and […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/09/30/forever-friend-pandemic/feed/ 0 Not What We Were Expecting https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/08/12/not-what-we-were-expecting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=not-what-we-were-expecting https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/08/12/not-what-we-were-expecting/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37134 My 16-year-old son left for a summer study session this morning, only to message me from the train station thirty minutes later. Oops, it had been cancelled. Now a long day in the oppressing heat and humid hell of Japanese summer stretches long and lazily before us. It is not what we were expecting. But […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/08/12/not-what-we-were-expecting/feed/ 1 COVID-19 Vaccine: Listen Like Lives Depend on it https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/08/10/covid-19-vaccine-listen-like-lives-depend-on-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=covid-19-vaccine-listen-like-lives-depend-on-it https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/08/10/covid-19-vaccine-listen-like-lives-depend-on-it/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2021 16:03:51 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=37041 (Trigger warning: references to sexual abuse.) The United States is one of the few countries in the world providing the COVID-19 vaccine for anyone who wants it, yet our vaccination rate stagnates around 49%. America has lost precious ground against misinformation. What can we do to convince vaccine-hesitant and vaccine-opposed people to get immunized? For […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/08/10/covid-19-vaccine-listen-like-lives-depend-on-it/feed/ 3 The Pandemic, Traveling and the Power of NOW https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/06/17/the-pandemic-traveling-and-the-power-of-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-pandemic-traveling-and-the-power-of-now https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/06/17/the-pandemic-traveling-and-the-power-of-now/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:42:10 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=36605 World Moms Network changed my life. The first time I traveled out of my country was in 2013. Jennifer Burden, Founder of World Moms Network, celebrated. She couldn’t stop talking about it on social media. I went to Chicago to collect the BlogHer International Activist Award on behalf of World Moms Network (at that time […]

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]]> https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/06/17/the-pandemic-traveling-and-the-power-of-now/feed/ 4 Why The COVID-19 Vaccine Should Be Shared https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/04/29/why-the-covid-19-vaccine-should-be-shared/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-the-covid-19-vaccine-should-be-shared https://worldmomsnetwork.com/2021/04/29/why-the-covid-19-vaccine-should-be-shared/#respond Thu, 29 Apr 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://worldmomsnetwork.com/?p=36332 At long last, my state of Missouri feels some relief as all immunization tiers are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine and more local vaccination appointments become available. No one thought vaccine rollout would be easy. Nor did Americans think it would be this hard. We watched Texans struggle when a February storm disrupted food, water, […]

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