Taking Baby Steps Through Family Milestones A Year Into The Pandemic
Last April, John Smith and Jolene Brink were a young Missoula couple navigating a high-risk birth in the opening days of an international pandemic. Their lives have significantly changed since then. Now the two are left pondering family life in a post-pandemic world.
Leo Marlay Smith had his first birthday late last month, celebrating with grandparents over FaceTime. It s said that a first birthday party is less for the baby and more for the recognition of significant milestones: survival, growth and change.
Leo’s family is now intimately familiar with all of those markers.