Post here in the Forum about your experience during isolation, commemorate loved ones or friends you've lost, share your Safe String. Your experience will definitely help someone else. We're all in this together!
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To add images or video to your Forum post, just use the "+" symbol to insert anything you like. I'm inserting a photo of my Safe String as of April 12. (I'm using heavy button thread. You can see the big, upholstery needle in my photo.)
I add something every day - beads, found objects that remind me of something like travel, or a friend, or a hobby... these reminders give me a lot of PEACE when I'm SO stressed out about the Coronavirus.
Make your own Safe String, share how you felt doing it and then looking at it - I know I was shocked at the therapeutic impact, which I did not expect - and post about it as often as you like.
Below is my string. Since I had worked part of the time from home, my string is on the shorter side (plus I have a lot of bottoms). On Easter, we had appetizers with my brother via zoom. We did not share a dinner together, but could see and hear each other for a time. I relayed this part of the day's activities to my aunt, who is 91 and has been cooped up in her apartment for a month. Her voice sounded like she wished she had that same experience. Phone calls are not enough, the visual aspect is needed. It is too bad she does not have wifi.
Beautiful, Denise and thank you for posting your picture. You look like you are finding many different and interesting objects for your string. I bet each one has a story!
Denise, sending best wishes to your aunt from her Safe-String family. It can be especially challenging for those who do not have devices to stay connected. My mom has been be very resilient in that she uses Skype, Facebook, general internet searches, etc., but her favorite thus far has been her discovery of a webcam placed in a Brooklyn cat shelter called the Brooklyn Cat Cafe. You never know what going to capture your imagination and this isolation has a way of teaching us so much more than we every anticipated. Perhaps there is a way to get a devise to your aunt and show her how to use it. At work, I serve a population of people aging in place and one of our members who I hear from via email, etc. is 101! Its never too late!