A heart-shaped mosaic of rocks sit together on the beach in Belmar as part of a growing memorial to those on the Jersey Shore — each rock adorned with the name of someone lost to COVID-19.
Rima Samman first carved out this corner of Belmar’s beach as a memorial site, painting clam shells with the names of lost ones, including her brother. What started with just a few dozen names and a single heart mosaic, quickly grew into a striking memorial.
Other people suffering from their own COVID losses reached out to Samman and came to the beach to place rocks in the sand bearing the names of
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