What Normal Life Looks Like It’s different for everyone.

For Carlee Clarke in Frankfurt, Germany, “going back to normal means traveling without fear of judgment from others, without feeling like an irresponsible parent, without juggling quarantines and tests.” For Mary from Minnesota, “It means everyone stops saying ‘Stay safe.’”

Taylor Corbaley in Omaha wrote, “Going back to normal would mean shaking hands with my professors after a class, or high-fiving children after they finish their research participation in my lab. I’ve genuinely forgotten how nice it is to touch hands with someone in gratitude, and to not feel a sense of worry after that brief connection.”