Jessica Murray pauses to look at her phone with her cockatoo Misha on her shoulder while working on website she started to honor lives lost to COVID-19 Thursday, October 29, 2020, in St. Louis. Murray, who works in marketing and sales support for a construction firm and never worked as a writer, has provided mostly short life stories of those who've died in vignettes that are elegant and moving in their simplicity. (Photo by Jeff Roberson/AP Photo)
