Dear Neighbors,
I hope this finds you and your family well. These are tough times and we are all tired. Like many of you with loved ones serving as first responders, healthcare professionals and those in long term care, it has been a long winding road of worry and heartache. With a vaccine on the horizon there is a ray of hope as the first doses reach Minnesota.
With this news, some of us have been blessed with relief that we still have loved ones with us, relief that we were spared the pain so many families have had to endure that were not so fortunate, relief that the ache to hug our loved ones like so many families will soon be over. It feels as if a weight has lifted, a heavy burden for so many families in my community. I feel a weighty responsibility to them all.
I remain immensely grateful to the incredible staff caring for our loved ones all these months. I have unwavering gratitude for the doctors, nurses, and staff in our hospitals and clinics, the researchers who develop the vaccine, health department workers coordinating its distribution, and the workers driving this sunshine to all the facilities that make this possible.
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