For some, COVID-19 brought a year of loss and change. For others, life went on almost as usual.
Either way, Napaâs senior citizens lived a wide range of experiences during the past 12 months of the coronavirus pandemic.
âItâs been a tough one,â said Napan Stan Gittings, 79. This past July 4, Gittings lost his wife, Joy, to pancreatic cancer. Theyâd been married for 54 years.
âJust about everything changed,â said Gittings.
In the course of last year, his wife was diagnosed, COVID-19 hit, she passed away, and then he moved out of his longtime home to a new, smaller house.