Quarantine Is a Skill

We’re getting better at pandemic life every day

Ashley Abramson
Forge
Published in
6 min readNov 12, 2020

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A senior couple lie next to each other on the sofa with their legs in the air. They are holding hands.
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“If the kids interrupt me one more time,” I hissed to my husband. I didn’t finish the sentence. I didn’t know how to. I was already at the end of my rope.

This was about a month into quarantine, and my anxiety was roaring into high gear — we hadn’t had childcare in weeks, and I was at max capacity trying to juggle my…

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Ashley Abramson
Forge

Writer-mom hybrid. Health & psychology stories in NYT, WaPo, Allure, Real Simple, & more.