Holiday songs are all about the winter holidays being ‘the most wonderful time of the year,’ that is often not the case for many people. Of course this was true for so many more of us in 2020, where happy times with family were instead quiet times within one’s own household, or worse still alone, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kelly had been thrilled when she first found out she was pregnant when she was 36. She was less excited when she realized she’d be giving birth during a pandemic. The thought of raising a child in the middle of a global health crisis only compounded the normal pressures that everyone faces when starting a family.
As a software developer, Anthony spent his life in front of a screen. He had no shortage of work opportunities in an increasingly digital world, and he enjoyed both the work itself and knowing that he developed products that made a meaningful difference in people’s lives.