{"id":695,"date":"2021-07-02T17:08:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T17:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/?p=695"},"modified":"2021-07-02T18:12:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T18:12:08","slug":"reunited-and-it-feels-so-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2021\/07\/02\/reunited-and-it-feels-so-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Reunited and It Feels So Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What has been lost in a year that much has also been gained? \u00a0That&#8217;s a question we asked when thinking more about our first in-person, outside, masked cluster event with APIA au pairs.\u00a0 Our answer was our personal relationships suffered. \u00a0Sure, it is great to see au pairs on video &#8211; in zoom rooms, in WhatsApp video chats, but nothing beats in-person, get to know you-s. \u00a0In light of that, we kept our first event SAFE, but also as powerful as it could be and that power comes in connection. \u00a0<b>We set up blankets outside in a park &#8211; 3 feet apart &#8211; and went from one to the next to chat with each other<\/b> like we have in the past on the Mt Rainier bus trip. \u00a0A speed dating of sorts.\u00a0 And it was an energy boost and made this CC tear up&#8230;waiting made meeting up all the sweeter&#8230;.<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/07\/fdb675b0-4ca8-4c3b-8ba2-9aa4f0b1a7ab-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-696\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/07\/fdb675b0-4ca8-4c3b-8ba2-9aa4f0b1a7ab-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/07\/fdb675b0-4ca8-4c3b-8ba2-9aa4f0b1a7ab-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/07\/fdb675b0-4ca8-4c3b-8ba2-9aa4f0b1a7ab-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/07\/fdb675b0-4ca8-4c3b-8ba2-9aa4f0b1a7ab-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/07\/fdb675b0-4ca8-4c3b-8ba2-9aa4f0b1a7ab-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/07\/fdb675b0-4ca8-4c3b-8ba2-9aa4f0b1a7ab-2-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/07\/fdb675b0-4ca8-4c3b-8ba2-9aa4f0b1a7ab-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/07\/5613a278-2fda-4ddd-a36c-322871a3fad5-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-697\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/07\/5613a278-2fda-4ddd-a36c-322871a3fad5-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/07\/5613a278-2fda-4ddd-a36c-322871a3fad5-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/07\/5613a278-2fda-4ddd-a36c-322871a3fad5-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/07\/5613a278-2fda-4ddd-a36c-322871a3fad5-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/07\/5613a278-2fda-4ddd-a36c-322871a3fad5-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/07\/5613a278-2fda-4ddd-a36c-322871a3fad5-2-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/07\/5613a278-2fda-4ddd-a36c-322871a3fad5-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What has been lost in a year that much has also been gained? \u00a0That&#8217;s a question we asked when thinking more about our first in-person, outside, masked cluster event with APIA au pairs.\u00a0 Our answer was our personal relationships suffered. \u00a0Sure, it is great to see au pairs on video &#8211; in zoom rooms, in  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sse\/2021\/07\/02\/reunited-and-it-feels-so-good\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[16,104,52],"class_list":["post-695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-things-we-do","tag-childcare","tag-cultural-exchange","tag-seattle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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