Storyteller: Courtney Pieper The first time Crystal, 45-year-old women, really heard anything about COVID-19 was back in February when the Diamond Princess cruise ship had thousands of passengers and crew members quarantined. From there, she claims that everything just escalated. As a correctional officer, who works as custody staff inside the St. Louis prison inContinue reading “Crystal, Sanford”
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Bethany, Bay County
Storyteller: Sydney Isbell Bethany is a wife, mother of three, and works from home as an AVP, loan operations manager. She says her main responsibilities are her children. She has always been a family person and strived when she was around those she loved. During this pandemic she gave birth to a baby boy, Abram, so he takes up most of herContinue reading “Bethany, Bay County”
Debra, Saginaw County
Storyteller: Madeline Spillane Debra is 44 and lives in Hemlock. She works as a labor and delivery nurse at Covenant. She is also a mother to two girls. Debra first found out about Covid from a hospital memo back in February. Debra’s day-to-day life drastically changed once the virus struck. At home things went fromContinue reading “Debra, Saginaw County”
Kim, Saginaw County
Storyteller: Izabella Rosebush Every morning she wakes up and teaches 2nd grade to her youngest son who is 8. She never thought she would be homeschooling her children but that happened once the pandemic started. Kim has 3 other children who are old enough to do their work on their own. She also realized howContinue reading “Kim, Saginaw County”
Ashlee, Oakland County
Storyteller: Sasha Tadajewski When Ashlee walked into work as a housekeeper in late February, she was told she had to wear protective gear or wouldn’t be able to work. As a single mother, she couldn’t not work. So for the next months, Ashlee would wear a full body suit while cleaning doctor’s offices in OaklandContinue reading “Ashlee, Oakland County”
Brandy, Midland County
Storyteller: Sasha Tadajewski Brandy first heard of COVID-19 when her step-mother’s open heart surgery was rescheduled in February. The hospital she was supposed to get her surgery at had been classified as a Covid-only hospital, and she did not receive this very important surgery until late July. In March, when things started heating up, thisContinue reading “Brandy, Midland County”
Katie, Saginaw County
Storyteller: Emilee Green It was early March of 2020 when thirty-four year old Katie of Saginaw, Michigan received the news that she was getting the career promotion she’d been working towards for months. Her excitement would turn to confusion and concern in the coming days brought with them the announcement of COVID-19. Katie doesn’t rememberContinue reading “Katie, Saginaw County”
Tammy, Saginaw County
Storyteller: Megan Stott Tammy is a stay at home mother to her two children. When the schools closed because of the stay at home order, everything felt much busier and stressful in the house. One of her kids has special needs, and breaking a routine schedule can make things difficult. With school and the activitiesContinue reading “Tammy, Saginaw County”
Stephanie, Saginaw County
Storyteller: Hayley Vance Stephanie is a 45 year old woman that lives in Chesaning, Michigan. Stephanie is a receptionist at Family Insurance Services in Chesaning, Michigan. She has worked here for many years. She first heard about COVID-19 through the news. She watches the news every morning when she is getting ready for work. TheContinue reading “Stephanie, Saginaw County”
Lynette, Saginaw
Lynette is a 41-year-old mother with three children. Her children are 18, 14, and 7. Her life was going smooth before the whole pandemic began. She was working a good paying full-time job at Avflight and another job at the MBS airport. As a customer service worker at the airport, she has to check passengers’Continue reading “Lynette, Saginaw”
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