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>> YOU'RE WATCHING WVTM 13 NEWS. >> FIVE CHILDREN WILL SPEND THIS CHRISTMAS WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS. COVID-19 TOOK THEIR MOTHER IN SEPTEMBER. AND THEIR FATHER LAST MONTH. BREA DOUGLAS SPEAK WITH HER AUNT WHO IS NOW RAISING THEM ALONG WITH HER OWN SEVEN KIDS. >> KIDS AGES 2-17 ALL LIVING UNDER ONE ROOF. IT'S THE UNIMAGINABLE SITUATION FRANCESA IS IN AFTER COVID-19 CLAIMED THE LIVES OF HER SISTER ANDBROTHER-IN-LAW. >> IT'S BEEN VERY HARD LIKE YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SET IN YET. THAT SHE'S GONE. >> WITH NO TIME TO GRIEVE, SINGLE MOTHER TOOK IN HER SISTER'S FIVE KIDS TO RAISE ALONGSIDE HER OWN SEVEN CHILDREN. THE DAYS ARE CHALLENGING, SHE WORKS FROM HOME WHILE THE KIDS DO VIRTUAL LEARNING. BUT SHE SAYS SHE WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY. SHE PROMISED HER SISTER SHE WOULD KEEP THE SIPBLINGS TOGETHER. >> I THINK SHE'S FILING DOWN AND SHE'S HAPPY. >> THE HARDEST PART IS GIVING EQUAL EMOTIONAL ATTENTION TO HER OWN CHILDREN. ALONG WITH HER FOUR NIECES AND ONE NEPHEW AS THEY MOURN THE LOSS OF THEIR PARENTS. >> TRYING TO BE THERE FOR EACH ONE OF THEM, JUST TRYING TO BE THERE FOR THEM AND GIVE THEM THEIR SUPPORT. >> FRANSICA'S SISTER WAS A HEALTHCARE WORKER WHO TOOK ALL THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS BUT WITH PREEXISTING CONDITIONS THE VIRUS PROVED TOO MUCH. FRANCESA WISHES PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD T MAGNITUDE OF THE CORONAVIRUS. >> COVID IS REAL AND IT'S NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. WE DID THIS INTERVIEW AT HER CHURCH, PLACE THAT'S HELPING HER THROUGH HER HEARTACHE. >> I PRAY THAT GOD WILL GIVE ME STRENGTH TO BE STRONG FOR MY NIECES, MY NEPHEW AND MY OWN CHILDREN AND MY MOTHER. >> IT'S THOSE PRAYERS THAT WILL SEE HER THROUGH. IN BIRMINGHAM,BREA DOUGLAS, WVTM. >> MS. McCALL WILL CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS WITH A PURPLE BALLOON RELEASE. HER SISTER'S FAVORITE COLOR. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP THE FAMILY THERE IS A LINK