((PKG)) ALONE TOGETHER -- HOPES
((TRT: 04:52))
((Topic Banner: Alone Together: Hopes))
((Reporter/Camera: Esha Grover, Vero Balderas))
((Producer/Editor: Jacquelyn De Phillips))
((Map: Fairfax, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Cherokee,
North Carolina; Asheville, North Carolina))
((Main characters: 4 Female, 2 Male))
((Text on screen: Hope for a better future emerges as US
COVID-19 vaccination rates increase.))
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Nicole McKinney, Paramedic, Buncombe County
Emergency Medical Services, Asheville, North Carolina))
I can look at like the pandemic time as being a blessing
because I really think that it helped myself and a lot of
people that I know to slow down. It just gave me a time to
really focus on, one on myself, and then my relationship with
my husband, and then the relationship with my daughter and
my family.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Sherrie Arnold, Information Technology Professional,
Alexandria, Virginia))
Despite the circumstances of COVID-19, the one thing that I
really appreciate is the time that I've been able to spend with
my husband and with our daughter. We would not have had
this type of in-depth time together under pre-COVID
circumstances.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Madeline Arnold, Student, Alexandria, Virginia))
I know I've gotten to know like my mom and dad a lot more.
So, I feel like family time has been very important throughout
this past year. So, I feel like coming out of this, we’ll all have
this better sense of what family means to us.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Henry Johnson, Peer Recovery Specialist, Fairfax,
Virginia))
When everyone is vaccinated and the infectious rates fall to
near zero, I'm going to host a huge barbecue. And I mean
going all out, spend a whole paycheck on it.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Sheyahshe Littledave, Author and Publisher,
Cherokee, North Carolina))
Gosh, a vacation with my family and we don't have to worry.
You know, we don’t have to worry.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Sherrie Arnold, Information Technology Professional,
Alexandria, Virginia))
We've had some really good things come out of this about
slowing down, about spending more time with each other,
about finding new activities, new hobbies, new ways to take
care of ourselves. And I would like us to not lose that.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Henry Johnson, Peer Recovery Specialist, Fairfax,
Virginia))
I hope to spend a lot less time in the house. I want to see all
the baseball I can. I want to eat a hotdog in a stadium.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Sheyahshe Littledave, Author and Publisher,
Cherokee, North Carolina))
My future hope would be two things. One is that everybody
learns a little bit about letting go of things you can't control.
And the other thing would be for people to take this as a
learning lesson when it comes to mental health, to not be as
judgmental. Well, you know, everybody's struggling with
something, you know, and if we can just be a little kinder and
have a little more compassion, mental health wouldn't be as
much of a stigma as it is.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Henry Johnson, Peer Recovery Specialist, Fairfax,
Virginia))
I’d say that my life has improved because of COVID-19, only
in the fact that it's made me aware of some of my
vulnerabilities. I've gone from someone who doesn't believe
in anything to someone who passionately sees every day the
existence of virtue in our society by little things like, you
know, neighbors wearing masks or, you know, communities
respecting each other's distances. You know, like those are
small sacrifices, but it shows an awareness of both the value
of themselves and the world in which they live. You know,
when you see that, that has been very comforting to me.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Catherine Lieberman, Director, Bell's School,
Asheville, North Carolina))
Hopefully, this will make us better people and a better nation
moving forward. That it will make us kinder in the long run
because we've all, as a world, have experienced this great
trauma. And how can we be better, a better society moving
forward, and make connections that are positive and not try
to hurt each other.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Henry Johnson, Peer Recovery Specialist, Fairfax,
Virginia))
My hope is that just enough of us learn lessons, so that in
the future, we can do it better. I hope that the government is
learning how to handle a pandemic better, just in case
another one comes relatively soon. We had 100 years
between the last two major pandemics. If we learn the
lessons and we improve it, so that next time, it's not as bad.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Dave Arnold, Chef, Alexandria, Virginia))
What I hope will come out of this is, people will realize that
we're all in this together. People can have different opinions
about a lot of things. But we just, I think, have lost sight of
how much we do have in common. And I hope that that will
have some impact on us going forward as a nation and as a
world population.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((TRT: 04:52))
((Topic Banner: Alone Together: Hopes))
((Reporter/Camera: Esha Grover, Vero Balderas))
((Producer/Editor: Jacquelyn De Phillips))
((Map: Fairfax, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Cherokee,
North Carolina; Asheville, North Carolina))
((Main characters: 4 Female, 2 Male))
((Text on screen: Hope for a better future emerges as US
COVID-19 vaccination rates increase.))
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Nicole McKinney, Paramedic, Buncombe County
Emergency Medical Services, Asheville, North Carolina))
I can look at like the pandemic time as being a blessing
because I really think that it helped myself and a lot of
people that I know to slow down. It just gave me a time to
really focus on, one on myself, and then my relationship with
my husband, and then the relationship with my daughter and
my family.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Sherrie Arnold, Information Technology Professional,
Alexandria, Virginia))
Despite the circumstances of COVID-19, the one thing that I
really appreciate is the time that I've been able to spend with
my husband and with our daughter. We would not have had
this type of in-depth time together under pre-COVID
circumstances.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Madeline Arnold, Student, Alexandria, Virginia))
I know I've gotten to know like my mom and dad a lot more.
So, I feel like family time has been very important throughout
this past year. So, I feel like coming out of this, we’ll all have
this better sense of what family means to us.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Henry Johnson, Peer Recovery Specialist, Fairfax,
Virginia))
When everyone is vaccinated and the infectious rates fall to
near zero, I'm going to host a huge barbecue. And I mean
going all out, spend a whole paycheck on it.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Sheyahshe Littledave, Author and Publisher,
Cherokee, North Carolina))
Gosh, a vacation with my family and we don't have to worry.
You know, we don’t have to worry.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Sherrie Arnold, Information Technology Professional,
Alexandria, Virginia))
We've had some really good things come out of this about
slowing down, about spending more time with each other,
about finding new activities, new hobbies, new ways to take
care of ourselves. And I would like us to not lose that.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Henry Johnson, Peer Recovery Specialist, Fairfax,
Virginia))
I hope to spend a lot less time in the house. I want to see all
the baseball I can. I want to eat a hotdog in a stadium.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Sheyahshe Littledave, Author and Publisher,
Cherokee, North Carolina))
My future hope would be two things. One is that everybody
learns a little bit about letting go of things you can't control.
And the other thing would be for people to take this as a
learning lesson when it comes to mental health, to not be as
judgmental. Well, you know, everybody's struggling with
something, you know, and if we can just be a little kinder and
have a little more compassion, mental health wouldn't be as
much of a stigma as it is.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Henry Johnson, Peer Recovery Specialist, Fairfax,
Virginia))
I’d say that my life has improved because of COVID-19, only
in the fact that it's made me aware of some of my
vulnerabilities. I've gone from someone who doesn't believe
in anything to someone who passionately sees every day the
existence of virtue in our society by little things like, you
know, neighbors wearing masks or, you know, communities
respecting each other's distances. You know, like those are
small sacrifices, but it shows an awareness of both the value
of themselves and the world in which they live. You know,
when you see that, that has been very comforting to me.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Catherine Lieberman, Director, Bell's School,
Asheville, North Carolina))
Hopefully, this will make us better people and a better nation
moving forward. That it will make us kinder in the long run
because we've all, as a world, have experienced this great
trauma. And how can we be better, a better society moving
forward, and make connections that are positive and not try
to hurt each other.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Henry Johnson, Peer Recovery Specialist, Fairfax,
Virginia))
My hope is that just enough of us learn lessons, so that in
the future, we can do it better. I hope that the government is
learning how to handle a pandemic better, just in case
another one comes relatively soon. We had 100 years
between the last two major pandemics. If we learn the
lessons and we improve it, so that next time, it's not as bad.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Dave Arnold, Chef, Alexandria, Virginia))
What I hope will come out of this is, people will realize that
we're all in this together. People can have different opinions
about a lot of things. But we just, I think, have lost sight of
how much we do have in common. And I hope that that will
have some impact on us going forward as a nation and as a
world population.
((NATS/MUSIC))
