Beti’s Messages 

At the beginning of the pandemic, I asked friends to call in and leave messages for the Corona Voicemails project. One friend, Beti, started to call in every week and continued to leave a message until March 2021.

“I don't even think I understand fully why it worked the way it did and what it fully did for me. But I think I'm a healthier, happier person… and I got through 2020 the way that I did because of this project.”

The consistent act of telling the story of what happened each week allowed her to process and release it.

Here’s a sample of her year of messages: