Stories

I am in the process of starting my own personal training business. The forced closing of in person operations for fitness centers and boot camps in NH is jeopardizing my ability to get my business off the ground. I need to interact with people in person to market, sell and provide personal training services. I have worked so hard on my business startup and I am on the brink of signing on new clients, but I need to do in person talks in order to do so. I wrote this presentation yesterday. Today I made the presentation virtually for the

It’s a simple story. I have a hernia. In February I saw a surgeon, and scheduled an appointment to have it fixed. That was supposed to happen in three or four weeks time. But, Chinese Virus Time intervened.. I wait for something to break, either my abdomen, or the rules keeping me from having an hour long out-patient procedure before the thing blows up down there, and I have to spend a month or two in a bed. Peter Gallaher Nashua, NH

I am an HSP (highly sensitive person) with a general anxiety disorder. I’ve lived in New Hampshire for 15 years. I have grown to count on simple activities to help me learn to appreciate the positive things about our area: a stroll along the beach, a visit to our favorite local brewery taproom, a swim at the YMCA, a hike at my favorite local trail network, visits to museums, and attending Renaissance faires and steampunk festivals. I can’t do any of these things at the moment because even my favorite local nature reservation trail system is closed. I have been

I’m a mom of 3 boys ages 8 and under. I’ve worked in the restaurant business for the last 18 years. (Additionally, during that time I was a radio personality in the Boston market for 8 years). … Not only has this [lockdown] affected our family financially but what toll is this going to have on our children? They can’t even play at the taxpayer-funded parks without the cops being called. I regretfully voted for this governor, a mistake that won’t happen again. Bethany LaBonville Manchester , NH

You know most of us older folks who are the ones this shutdown is supposed to be “protecting”–we can protect ourselves, ok?–we are suffering so much more from the social isolation and lack of places to go and things to do. We have too much time on our hands to worry about things & nothing to distract us from the ticking of the clock on the wall. We worry about the health of our community; emotionally, socially, physically and financially. The massive unemployment. The massive government spending that makes very little sense, throwing money at a problem that is mostly

I am one of the “lucky” people who has to be hospitalized for pregnancy during Covid long-term. While I have been here, I am missing my very young children terribly, who are not allowed to visit. I had been told I could go outside of the hospital for fresh air, but that I couldn’t have my children come by OUTSIDE to say “hi” to me while I was out.  Yet, the same day, the hospital allowed a restaurant to set up camp on its property to make and serve food to employees all day. That completely violates the “no visitors”

This is the 3rd time I have opened my business. The first was lost due to domestic violence, and I would say the second was taken due to the residual effect of the same situation. This time I opened this business completely on my own. I am not a quitter. I have no intention of giving up. Working solo in this business, I don’t believe my business is at high risk for the Covid-19 virus. I am at risk of closing due to this shut down, as I am a self supporting individual. Jo-jo Clark Brookline, NH

I was employed as a housekeeper at Lovett’s Inn and Restaurant until March 9. The guests that weekend cancelled and then the inn was shut down and the restaurant could not serve food. Eventually they did take out, but not that much. Because of this shutdown, my coworkers and I have no job. This is a new business in an historic inn and this shutdown could put business owners under easily when they were doing so well and getting a lot of steady customers. So now I have no work to go to, I am not making money, and I

My one-year old daughter has been diagnosed with autism. Because of the stay at home order, her therapists have all closed their offices. They have deemed that due to my daughter’s short attention span (she’s a one-year old with autism) that she is not a candidate for tele-health. Because of this, my daughter is not receiving any services. I am a desperate mom of a special needs child who just wants to give her child the best opportunities to succeed in life. I am afraid that the longer this stay at home order is in place, the more my child