The messages have helped to keep the family connected.
A Texas mother and son have found a creative way to send sweet messages to a loved one who is a world away during the coronavirus pandemic.
“We always miss him when he's traveling, though this has definitely felt different, given the amount of uncertainty all around us,” she says. “I feel worried and sad for him because he can't be home with us, but I also think he may be safer there since the virus isn't spreading as quickly over there as it is here,” he admits. “Plus, he's on a platform and everyone is healthy, so it's like he's extra protected.”
Shellie remembers that the first time she and Austin wrote a message to Robert, he had not watched the security footage right away, but after doing a bit of prodding on her end, he responded with a few crying emojis. Another special message the mother-son duo left for Robert was to let him know that he was a match to donate a kidney to Shellie’s mom, who had gone into kidney failure last year. Though she was put on a transplant list, Shellie explains that her mother had no luck with finding eligible candidates, at first.
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