May is Mental Health Month, and all month Illinois Action for Children has been spreading the important message that whatever you are facing, you are not alone. The COVID-19 pandemic has made feelings of isolation, fear, stress, worry, and loneliness more pronounced for most people—myself included. This past year has been strange, unfamiliar, and uncertain—all things that can make coping with the regular stressors of the day even more difficult. We know that mental health challenges have increased dramatically since March 2020. We’ve stayed home, worked from home, schooled our children from home and washed and disinfected everything, repeatedly. If ...