Flowers are one way to brighten a home and during the pandemic many people have been buying them from local florist Michaela Gosar.
Gosar’s floral arrangement studio, Fleurelity, is based out of her Alexandria home and provides a personalized floral concierge service. While many businesses have struggled during the past year, Gosar’s sales increased, as people looked for new ways to celebrate anniversaries, birthdays and events that got cancelled because of COVID-19.
“They just have been ordering more flowers just because they want to make someone happy or cheer their own home,” Gosar said.
Michaela Gosar creates the floral arrangements and delivers them herself. (Courtesy photo)
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At the Jan. 7 Alexandria School Board meeting, Erika Melman described why virtual learning does not work for her son, an elementary aged Alexandria City Public Schools student with disabilities.
He is hard of hearing and cannot always hear or lip read the sometimes delayed audio of his Virtual PLUS+ classes, Melman said. Her child’s school has tried various options, without success, and so it falls to her, a single mom and essential worker, to be her son’s instructional aide. The months of virtual learning have also caused her son to lose confidence, struggle to reach his goals and develop school avoidant behaviors, she said.