I mean, it is a phenomenal read.

That was a good impulse

Loved it!

at some point, we should FaceTime or zoom or hang out, and then you can say all of these out loud - I am still trying to “hear” them in my head, and I don’t feel confident that I’ve got it right….. and I want to get them right! I don’t have a frame of reference for these terms, what is their origin?

I had this same question!

Absolutely. It’s disgusting that some parents today are talking about bringing back “measles parties”, when an effective vaccine exists. The horror of the original “measles parties” is that parents back then had no other way to protect their children. The horror now is that they do, but won’t.

Thankfully he lived to tell the tale. I just wish that people would listen to stories like his, so that other children don’t have to suffer the way he did.

Many kids suffered excruciating symptoms during their measles bout. 65 years later, my uncle vividly recalls his nightmare week. After a day or two of flu-like symptoms, horrible red welts emerged over every inch of his body, torturing him with an itching so unbearable that he couldn’t sleep….

But it was still a terrifying risk, because you never knew ahead of time what your child’s experience with measles would be like. Nor could you predict the precise duration….. or the ultimate outcome.

The ability to predict and plan for a household measles outbreak gave parents the chance to gather supplies they could use to at least keep their sick kids comfortable and monitor their symptoms. And they could schedule a specific timeframe to stay home and nurse their sick kid(s) round the clock.

Measles parties offered desperate parents the only weapon that they could wield against an unstoppable virus: the ability to choose WHEN their children would get infected. This allowed parents the chance to essentially schedule their children’s illness.

….they literally arranged measles parties with other parents. I.e., they deliberately arranged for infected children to eat, drink, and play with uninfected children for several hours. 😱

My grandmother told me that measles parties were actually a thing….. during the 1950s, when there was no vaccine. Parents felt helpless and afraid, knowing that they had no way to protect their children from measles, so……

You are on 🔥 today!

Vote. In. Your. Local. Elections.

Llama Llama is such a great series!

I think this is true for artists as well, and also for performing Storytellers…….