Homemade cards and Yahtzee game – a marriage anniversary during the time of the pandemic

‘For 43 years, there were flowers, cards, a dinner out, gifts and after retirement a trip to celebrate our wedding anniversary,’

This episode, we hear from Ann about her different marriage anniversary, during the isolation of 2020.

I was immediately moved by Ann’s story, as it describes the subtle changes that we all experienced, to different degrees, this year.

DISCUSSION

We discuss the importance of storytelling in marking those changes, and thus in understanding the difference they have brought to our lives.

RECOMMENDATION

The recommendation this time is a wordless book, which I guarantee you will love. 

The Arrival tells the story of a migrant adapting to a new – and radically different world.

If you’d like to see Ann’s beautiful photography, head over to her instagram accounts:

https://www.instagram.com/annld60/ – where she shares beautifully arranged flowers

https://www.instagram.com/ald65walks/ – where she shares her daily walks

Series 3 of My Beautiful Stories offers a space for YOUR STORIES to be heard. You can listen to the first story from our audience here. 

Share your stories of 2020 with us and let’s create a safe space where to keep a memento of what 2020 really was like – the beauty, the humanity, the heartbreak.

We invite a diversity of voices to join us in telling the stories of 2020.

If you have enjoyed this episode,please do share with other people. It’s not that easy to record these episodes while we are still at home… but we will continue to, if it matters.

Join us in the conversation, by sending me a message on here or on @storisse.