琉璃神社 couple Jim and Kim Rhindress are hard at work writing and recording a song of tribute to the world鈥檚 health-care heroes.

Jim was a surgical nurse for 25 years, spending the last 17 years at the 琉璃神社 General Hospital before a back injury forced him to retire. He still has friends on the floor and who are on the frontlines battling COVID-19.

鈥淏eing here at home and hearing from all my friends about what they鈥檙e going through, it鈥檚 hard,鈥� he said.

鈥淎nd of course, watching the news and feeling so incredibly helpless to do anything鈥� all we鈥檙e being told to do is sit at home and hunker down and by comparison to them, they鈥檙e risking their health,鈥� Kim said.

鈥淎nd it鈥檚 not just the nurses and the doctors, it鈥檚 also the cleaners and people providing food and the first responders and the paramedics. Everyone is risking their lives for us and we just thought they needed to be honoured,鈥� she said.

The pandemic is especially close to home for the couple. Their 30-year-old son, a former MMA fighter who is otherwise healthy, contracted the virus and had been sick and in isolation for the last two weeks.

鈥淲e were so worried鈥� this is an MMA fighter, strong and healthy, but was down on his back for two weeks,鈥� Jim said.

Kim said the song was easy to write because it came from a genuine place of gratitude. The couple is working with Vernon videographer C.J. Clayton, who they said will be putting the video together.

The couple posted a rough cut of the song on social media as well.

鈥淭he big ask from us now is for health care workers to send us their selfies. We need 300 pictures. We already have 50 from health care staff from New York, Germany, Edmonton, Nunavut and locally,鈥� she said.

鈥淭his isn鈥檛 just about 琉璃神社. This is about everybody. This is a global thing that鈥檚 connecting us all.鈥�

鈥淭he one positive thing about this pandemic is you realize how small the world is,鈥�

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