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Mother's Day During a Pandemic
Listeners call in to share how they celebrated Mother's Day while social distancing, and Tanzina Vega, host of WNYC's The Takeaway, called in from maternity leave to share her story.
Getting ready to pop in to the @BrianLehrer show (while trying not to wake the baby) Can she do it? Will he cry? Tune in and find out 😬👶🏼🙏🏼pic.twitter.com/htDLOHg5Jj
— Tanzina Vega (@tanzinavega) May 11, 2020My sister and daughter met in the city for a socially distant visit. They didn’t hug - but they did sob for 20 minutes out of joy and sadness.
— Pamela Potischman (@ppotisch) May 11, 2020My sons and I stood outside my mother's apartment building, under her balcony, and sang "You Are My Sunshine," the song her mother used to sing her when she was a baby.
— Tyreen Reuter (@TyreenReuter) May 11, 2020@BrianLehrer saw 3 scarlet tanagers (!!!) on an american elm (!!!) in the great Central Park on a socially distant birdwatching walk with my mother for #MothersDay
— Non Hand Banner (@DiaryOfABrendan) May 11, 2020Sat on folding chairs on the sidewalk while my moms sat in the car for distanced lunch and then took a distanced, masks on walk! pic.twitter.com/tPIdiV8yuR
— Hannah (@hannahemoch) May 11, 2020@BrianLehrer socially distant mother’s day at @prospect_park off leash hours w/ mom and her favorite child (dog) + two sons pic.twitter.com/8pYmJCeuFu
— Chaz (@charembroiled) May 11, 2020