These are troubling times for everyone. Friends, family and loved ones are being lost, many people are losing their jobs. A tsunami ripple effect is occurring and everyone is sure to feel it eventually. Among those being affected are musicians, they're having to cancel shows, cancel flights, refund tickets, losing out on merchandise sold and income they needed to keep their heads above water. Support them if you are able.
To those needing to be on ventilators, speaking from the perspective of someone who has had to be intubated before because of allergy and chronic asthma, I can't imagine having gone through that experience without my family by my side and that is what so many people are having to go through right now. The medical community is doing their best to provide care and relief to those suffering. Nurses are our heroes! Thank you! You are incredible human beings. And to those experiencing this disease we are praying for you and thinking about you. So many of us feel helpless in quarantine wanting to do something, but we are, in fact, helping by doing absolutely nothing, by staying home to help mitigate the disease and flattening the curve.
And on the brighter side of things, even though we are self-isolating we are coming together digitally. We're making contributions the best way we know how, donating to charities that are taking care of the collective community. This situation is proving something that many of us knew to be true and that is that we are all connected, maybe more closely than we ever comprehended to be true.
Music has comforted me over and over in my life, brought me through very difficult times; health issues and loss of loved ones. It has given me a renewed zest for life. I hope that this music can do that for you right now. I hope it will give you a sense of peace and hope and comfort. My heart goes out to you.
