Christmas is just a week away and Tanya Miller is finding it hard to be joyous in the season of cheer. Along with the economic stresses which the COVID-19 pandemic has heaped on her family, she is finding it increasingly challenging to care for her 12-year-old daughter, Shamara Fraser, who suffers from cerebral palsy. Miller fought hard to mask her sadness as she spoke with
The Gleaner. She said the challenges began when Shamara, a grade six student of the Hope Valley Experimental Primary School, was cut off from oxygen during labour and, since then, she has been suffering frequent seizures.