A Grain Valley, Missouri, mother talks about losing her daughter to the delta variant of COVID-19.

She said she is speaking in hopes of preventing another family from experiencing this pain.

Tricia Jones, 45, lived a mile from her mother Debora Carmichael. The two visited often.

"I still find myself wanting to text her and then I'm like, 'What am I doing?'" Carmichael said.

She said Jones was extremely close to her children as well. They loved drives in the rain,
surprise trips to a store or restaurant and attending Blue Springs Christian Church.

"Any opportunity she got to hang out with her kids and do something with them, she was all about that," Carmichael said.

"She never stopped fighting for her kids," said Jones' daughter, Adriana.

When Carmichael said she felt sick after her first COVID-19 vaccination, Jones decided to skip it, and hope for the best.

"She was also thinking, 'Yes. You know, I might get it, but I'll take my chances because you can recover,'" Carmichael said.

"We were like, 'Mom, please just go and get it,'" Adriana Jones said.

Her family said that after contracting the delta variant of COVID-19, she died June 9.

"I was actually the one who felt her last actual breath -- one without the ventilator," Adriana Jones said. "And it hurt."

They hope no one else goes through this. The family encourages others to get the vaccine, and if not, wear a mask and socially distance no matter how inconvenient.

"I miss her every day. I miss the everyday stuff, ordinary stuff that you do with people when they're in your life," Carmichael said.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House is teaming up with some of the nation’s most popular dating apps to encourage Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Match Group will launch vaccine campaigns on its profile of dating apps, which includes Tinder, Match, OkCupid, Hinge, Plenty of Fish, BLK, and Chispa.

The campaigns will include information on where to find COVID-19 vaccine sites, vaccination badges for users to display on their profiles, as well as free “Super Likes,” and other boost-type features for U.S. users who say they’re vaccinated.

Match Group says the campaigns will launch on the apps in the coming weeks and they’ll run until July 4. That’s the date the Biden administration hopes to have 70% of U.S. adults have at least one vaccine dose by.

Disclosing your vaccine status has become commonplace on dating apps during the pandemic. Users have proactively posted about it and many view it as an important component of compatibility.

"Human connection is so vital for healthy lives – it's why I am so committed to this business," said Shar Dubey, CEO of Match Group. "We are honored to work with the White House on increasing vaccinations across America, which will allow people to once again meet in person and engage in meaningful ways. This will make dating safer for everyone, everywhere."

This partnership with Match Group is in addition to the White House’s collaboration with Uber and Lyft, which are offering free rides to vaccination sites.

Additionally, large social media websites, like Facebook and Twitter, have also vowed to help encourage Americans to get vaccinated in a number of ways.