C: Lalani White holds her mother Janice while looking out to the trees for the birds that remind her of her sister Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at their home in Kansas City Mo. Right before the pandemic Lalani lost her sister. As coronavirus spread throughout the nation she lost her father and two cousins to COVID-19. “When I hear the birds it brings joy to my heart and peace that I know they are together and I know they’re happy. They’re protecting one another and they’re looking out over one another ” says Lalani.