To the nurses and doctors; EMTs, firefighters and police; housekeepers and maintenance staff; lab technicians and leaders working tirelessly to make it all work; nurse’s aides and kitchen staff. To every person everywhere on the front lines of care.
We may not have met, but I know you by heart
You are the brave the courageous
Who are risking it all so others might live.
This is our love letter.
This is our gratitude.
It is from hearts that want to protect you but can only send love; lips that want to thank you and cannot thank you enough; arms that want to hold you but won’t extend that far; hands that want to rub your feet in the middle of your day; voices that want to soothe you and a world that owes you everything.
You are our heroes, our army, our healers and more.
You connect us to loved ones in isolated rooms.
You are the soft touch on a hand we cannot hold.
You are the whisper of kindness we are not there to speak
You are mending our loved ones so they can come home.
You help us say goodbye to those who will not.
You are in places and spaces we cannot be
But we can send you love and grace and tell you we care.