Pandemic Blither

Can 2020 end soon?
I am grateful for having a large yard, a home, some privacy, and now, a healthy family. My daughter, her husband and 2 kids had Covid-19. Saying"thanks" everyday does make a soul happy.
My daily routine is now sitting on the top back step where a folding chair and small table awaits me. I plant my body down and enjoy each sip of coffee I take and listen to my suburban wildlife: birds singing and chirping, cars whizzing by, dogs chasing squirrels, and just sounds of natural life that blends into the whole of it all.
Not sure how sane I would be if I couldn't do this, hear the sounds I hear, and the mere fact I have coffee to drink. My imagination cannot grasp what others without a job, no money coming in, businesses gone, what are they going through? If ever in one's life where gratitude should be felt in abundance, it's now for me.
Being a former public school teacher, I, too, would be terrified to return to the classroom to teach. One Covid-19 death of a child returning to a classroom is too much for me. We naturally protect our students. You really can't socially distance in a school. The buildings just weren't built for that!
My theme reflects my favorite season, fall. It can't get here soon enough though it will be deficit of football. Then, I pray, we get through the holiday season without infecting thousands with this virus.
We will get through this as difficult as it is. Wear a mask my friends, practice social distancing, call your friends, step outside (even if it's just an alley), find sun, find fresh air.
Keep safe, soon the leaves will be falling, colors changing......Make it your goal to reach 2021