Thank You

I don't want to blog too much about the pandemic because I think we all need a break from hearing about it. At least I know I do. It's hard to listen to this for too long without despair. And my anxiety kicking into high gear.

I'm grateful for the people who work at the supermarket. Thank you for keeping the shelves stocked, for cutting the meat, for checking me out. Thanks to the kids who bag the groceries and the kid who was standing in the foray to wipe down the carts.

Thank you to the first responders--EMTs, police, firefighters.

Thank you to the nurses, the doctors, the support staff at the hospitals.

Thank you to the truck drivers who get the food we need to the stores.

Thank you to the people who work in the warehouses who put the food on the trucks. The people who work getting shipments out to people from Amazon or other online stores.

Thank you to the post office, the FedEx drivers, the UPS drivers, the people who deliver for Amazon.

Thank you to the knitting and crochet designers who are offering up free patterns in a rushing stream to keep people entertained while they're home.

Thank you to the many, many others I likely missed who are doing what they can to make life continue to work as well as it does while chaos reigns.

And because I work for an airline and I know what we've been dealing with: Thank you to the pilots, the flight attendants, the mechanics, gate agents, ramp workers and everyone else who shows up every day to get people home, to get people where they have to be all the while wondering if they'll have a job tomorrow.

And thank you to the people who are social distancing, who are doing what they're told in an effort to slow the virus and prevent the medical system from being overwhelmed. Please keep following what you're asked to do. Let's give the doctors and scientists a fighting chance to find a solution.