Their Loved Ones Died Of COVID. The Holidays This Year Will Be Completely Different.

This holiday season will be unlike any other for the Fowlers. After their patriarch, David Fowler, and his son Gary died from the coronavirus in April, and with several family members still struggling with the long-term effects of COVID-19, the family has been feeling the furthest thing from festive.

“We want to get together, but it just feels like — I don’t know, it’s just rough,” Keith Gambrell, Gary’s son, told BuzzFeed News. “Every day, coronavirus is in our faces. Every day we relive losing our dad and grandfather. There’s...