What did I learn in 2020? The coronavirus was no match for the human spirit | Politi
Updated Dec 31, 2020;
Posted Dec 31, 2020
Sloane Somekh, Michael Somekh and Skylar Somekh at their Aunt s house where their father is recovering.Ed Murray | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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A gentle rain coated the tombstones at Rosedale Cemetery in Orange this week when I drove through its gates, just like it did nine months earlier on my first trip here.
That late April day, at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, I attended the funeral of a man I had never met while his loved ones stood outside a fence about a hundred yards away.