RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Social distancing has really taken a toll on the elderly, particularly those with grandchildren. But a 10-year-old California girl figured out a way to hug her grandparents without putting them at a health risk.
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Paige Okray, of Riverside, pieced together a shower curtain that is sealed over a doorway. The difference -- there are arm slots at the girl’s height level so she can hug her grandparents, KABC reported.
With stay-at-home orders in California extended to July in some counties because of the coronavirus pandemic, hugs remain at a premium.
Paige used a shower curtain, Ziploc bags, a hot glue gun and disposable plates to create her “hug curtain.” She said she got her inspiration after watching a video of someone making a blanket to hug their family members.
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"She came up with the idea, she laid it out in the family room and spent multiple hours working on it,” Paige’s mother, Lindsay Okray, told KABC. She works as a nurse in the COVID-19 unit at Riverside Community Hospital, so she knows about social distancing because she has had to self-isolate from family members.
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Now, Paige and her mother can get some much-needed family hugs.
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