…And the names keep pouring in and with each name there is a story, with each story there is a loss but oh is there so much love.

I have all this energy and love.
Where do I put it? What do I do with it?
How do I keep honoring my son Keith and all those who lost their lives to Covid!
Each year since his passing I have done things in his honor.
I’ve created kindness cards with his picture and Covid statistics. As I share a good deed I share the card and ask for others to pay it forward if they can. I made this vibrant memorial rock garden, I have designated places in the house that are decorated just for him.
I’ve always felt the pull to do so much more.
I was scrolling through Facebook and found a few beautiful public memorials that people just started on their own. When I submitted my son’s name my heart felt something indescribable.

I started to think, I should do that. Can I do that? Without a creative bone in my body I started researching, learning, submitting information to the IRS and the state and before I knew it The Covid Legacy Memorial was started.. The supplies have been purchased and samples created.
It started out of love, out of grief, out of understanding for every single family left and for every single victim that covid took.
The world kept going and here we are still yearning, still loving, still grieving.

Yesterday I started submitting posts to some of the Covid boards on Facebook.
I read each and every reply, each and every email and inbox message.
I soaked in every single detail.
Please give me stories of their lives because it is a blessing to honor each and every one.
Please share them with the world.
Let them never be forgotten.
There’s an understanding between all of us.

If you are interested in adding your loved one’s name to the COVID Legacy Memorial please feel free to email me at CovidLegacyMemorial@outreach.com
with your loved ones names, date of birth, date of passing.
I’ll also be putting together a memory book so if you would like to add pictures, stories, poems or memories feel free to message me.
You can also follow the process on the Covid Legacy Legacy Memorial Facebook page.
Things are still in its infancy but it’s coming together.

September is my estimated time for the first display.
I promise to honor your loved ones with dignity and grace.

Covid Legacy Memorial
Rachael L. Sandoval