Texas Family Shares Tragedy of Losing Loved Ones to COVID-19 to Create Awareness

The Salas Solis family lost four of their loved ones to COVID-19, and they are sharing their tragedy to create awareness about the disease, which has taken more than a million lives worldwide.

Mariela Salas and Ana Alonso said they get frustrated when they see people not wearing masks or practicing social distancing. This is not surprising because both had lost their fathers to COVID-19.

The cousins lost their fathers, who are brothers, but their uncle and their grandmother as well.

Mariela lost her father Raul, while Ana lost her father, Nieves. Before them, COVID-19 had taken the Salas Solis family's matriarch, Eva, and her other son, Ruperto. All four of them in six weeks.

Ana said it has been tragic for their family and thinks they have not fully processed everything yet. She feels that somehow, it needs to be turned into awareness.

It is what their late loved ones would have wanted as helping others runs in the family.

Both Mariela's and Ana's fathers have moved back to their birthplace in Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas, Mexico, from Texas.

Nieves retired from his work as a warehouse manager and dedicated himself to helping families who need medical care and education.

Raul, for his part, operated a radio station to spread the gospel. When he is not doing that, he will travel to impoverished towns to hand out groceries.

The family did not know how their loved ones contracted COVID-19, but they have always been in contact with each other, and when one of them started having the symptoms, the others did as well.

While Ruperto had lived with their mother, Eva, Nieves, and Raul had lived nearby.

Mexico is one of the countries with the highest COVID-19 cases, ranked eight with 790,000 confirmed cases, and 81,877 deaths. On Monday, the country reported a sharp increase in their daily counts of positive cases and deaths.

On the other hand, Texas is second to California among states in the U.S. having the most number of cases.

That is why Ana said that she gets upset when she sees anyone not wearing a mask, especially during celebrations such as a baby shower or a kid's birthday party.

She explained that she gets upset because what happened to their family could also happen to them, and does not want them to experience her feelings.

Mariela shares the same frustration as Ana. However, the main message that she wants the tragedy of losing their loved ones to convey is not to take time for granted.

She said that she wished she had gone down to Mexico and visited her father, Raul. She was never able to see her father at his radio station, and she was never able to share the important things with him because she was just too busy.

Mariela said that she wants somebody to sit with her and talk about her dad, but it is not possible for now. Sharing their family's tragedy made her feel better because it is creating awareness. They may have suffered, but it is not in vain.

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