Birthday parade for pediatric ICU nurse
"I was so surprised," said Maria Smith, a pediatric ICU nurse at Children's Hospital, who receives a bunch of balloons from her best friends mom Martha Stephens during a surprise car parade for her 26th birthday on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, in a parking lot adjacent to her home in the Central West End. Smith's mother Barbara and boyfriend James Merenda masterminded the social distancing event. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com