Nearly a month after Levi’s birthday, families drove past their loved ones at Harmony House assisted living with signs, balloons and classic cars. They hadn’t been able to hug or sit face-to-face with their family members for months. The closest they got was waving at one another through the window. So they held a parade.
From community parades to businesses that paid forward meals and groceries to window displays of bears, Northland residents shared hope. And they made this reporter smile.
Summer
There are stories you never want to get. On June 3, photographer Jed Carlson and I were assigned one. A lost child at the mouth of the Middle River in the town of Lakeside. A 6-year-old boy, the same age as my grandson.