Pandemic Perspectives: Fabric Shop Owner + Blended Family SAHM + Steel Mill Essential Worker

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🗓️ 10 May 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Christina's brick and mortar fabric shop pivoted to mobilize mask-making for healthcare workers; Sarah facilitates distance learning for five kids while adjusting expectations for her own wedding celebration and plans to grow their blended family; Kati and her husband alternate day and night shifts at a steel mill and haven't experienced "staying at home" at all. All three are also moms dealing with the everyday challenges of busy toddlers, kids missing sports, and what to make for dinner. Hear what’s hard, what’s hopeful, and what life is like for Christina, Sarah, and Kati in Episode 05 of Pandemic Perspectives. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone I'm Sarah Powers and I'm Megan Francis and you're listening to a special
0:06.0	series from the Mom Hour Podcast called Pandemic Prospectives. In this series of
0:10.2	episodes we're talking to parents and people from around the world whose lives are
0:13.8	affected by the COVID-19 global pandemic in a way that might not make it into your social media
0:18.8	feeds quite as often.
0:20.3	You'll hear from families on the front lines experiencing an unprecedented time in a very specific way,
0:25.4	and you'll hear what's challenging as well as what's hopeful.
0:28.1	We can't wait to share their stories with you.
0:30.0	Welcome to Pandemic perspectives from the Mom Hour.
0:35.0	Hi everyone, I'm Sarah Powers and you are listening to
0:37.4	Pandemic perspectives on the Mom Hour.
0:39.6	Today I'm talking with Christina, a mom of four from Baltimore. Christina, thank you so much for
0:44.8	being here and tell us about your family, how old your kids are, and what you do for
0:49.5	a living. Yeah, hi Sarah, I'm so glad to be here. So I am a mom of four. My kids are almost eight, six, just turned six, three and one.
1:00.5	Wow. Yeah, it's pretty busy.
1:04.0	I have a fabric shop, a small modern fabric shop in Baltimore, Maryland and I live with my husband as well.
1:11.9	So before the pandemic, tell me about your shop it's called
1:14.8	domesticity studio is that correct? Yes what would that have looked like in the
1:19.6	time before COVID-19 it It's a brick and mortar.
1:23.1	Just tell me a little bit about what life was like before.
1:26.3	It is.
1:26.8	It is a brick and mortar.
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