I Hope Our Children Tell Their Grandchildren About The COVID-19 Pandemic

Chipp Norcross
6 min readApr 5, 2020
My mother and my grandparents in front of their market in Bushnell, IL in 1952

These past weeks of increasing global anxiety and required isolation have caused me to reflect upon the stories I remember my grandparents telling me about their lives during my early years. While they certainly had their share of stories about the good times, the ones that have stuck with me most are those about the difficult times they endured. In particular, it’s…

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