Pockets of Feelings and Italy’s Phase 2

Ela Vasilescu
5 min readMay 1, 2020

54 days in lockdown. 8 weeks.

When my daughter was around five years old, unnamed feelings overwhelmed her. As she tried to adapt to the different cultures she was exposed to, the languages and accepted social behavior, she was experiencing more and more the need to belong. We watched her in awe, amazed by her ability to navigate the labyrinth of belonging with incredible easiness. Other times…

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