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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

<strong>I gave birth to my little girl three weeks ago..</strong> Just as a 'second wave' was beginning to affect Greece.<strong> I have been extremely happy due to the arrival of my beautiful daughter, but I also have a ton of emotions,</strong> positive, mixed and sometimes even negative, as is usual in this stage after birth.. where hormones and emotions all run very high. <strong>The re-rise of Covid-19 in my country has also affected me quite negatively. I am afraid to meet people, and to introduce my daughter to anyone but my relatives</strong>. I don't know how long this will last, which is the scariest part of it all. nor how many victims we are yet to count, globally. <strong>I am also afraid that the blow on the economy</strong> at this second stage, <strong>on a pan-European scale, will be huge.</strong> Generally, I am <strong>cautious and fearful,</strong> but I am<strong> also filled with optimism. Perhaps it's because I gave birth to new life, and this breeds hope.</strong> I keep comparing our current era to a century ago; the interwar period, which was full of violence, the rise of fascism, and uncertainty. And I think, "it's not as bad as then, at least".