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with another family through 
FaceTime,
” said Jill Kofender 
of West Bloomfield, who is 
hunkered down with her teen-
agers, Chloe, 16, and Adin, 
13. “It was so much fun and 
something I had never even 
considered. My kids are hav-
ing a hard time understanding 
why I’
m keeping them at 
home and not letting them see 
their friends in person. I’
m 
merely trying to do my part so 
we can get back to life as we 
know it.
”
Liam Weckstein, 6, of 
West Bloomfield is enjoying 
virtual art classes (with real 
art supplies at home) via a 
studio in Cincinnati. Laila 
Zalesin, 10, of Berkley is 
taking online songwriting 
and ukulele lessons with Blue 
Balloon Songwriting in New 
York. Stacy and Kevin Brand 
of White Lake connected 
their daughter Madison, 6, 
with a dozen children in her 
Girl Scout troop on video 
chat. Ari Zimmerman, 13, of 
Commerce Township com-
pleted karate testing virtually 
for a black belt with American 
Allstars.
“When you’
re not an adult, 

missing out on daily activities 
and events is much harder 
to accept and process,
” Ari’
s 
mom, Aimee Silberblatt 
Zimmerman, said. “We all 
have to make profound adjust-
ments and truly try to focus 
on what we’
re grateful for. It’
s 
also going to be a time I want 
to teach my children things 
I think they take for granted. 
This is a great time to learn 
how to scramble your own 
egg, do your own laundry, sew 
a button and change linens.
”
Rose Garber of Bloomfield 
Hills, an outpatient behavioral 
health therapist, makes daily 
lists of tasks she wants to com-
plete. Her husband, Vadim 
Garber, a web developer for 
Dominos, is working from 
home like so many others. She 
keeps their 11-month-old son, 
Isaac, busy by going for walks, 
finger-painting, playing with 
toys and listening to music.
“Every Wednesday we usu-
ally do Rock ’
N Read with 
Jfamily, a reading and music 
class at Next Step Broadway 
in Southfield,
” Garber said. 
“They’
ve been offering it vir-
tually; we’
re logging in and 
doing it.
”

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Madison Brand, 6, has 
a video chat with her 
Girl Scout troop.

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