It’s been the year of the cuss word, and your kids probably have heard you.
It’s been the year of the cancelation, too, since all our favorite events were impossible.
It’s been the year of the great mask debate, social distancing, and toilet paper hoarding, and it’s been the year of the quarantine, mass testing, the detected result, remote learning, the color-coded map, and a dangerous amount of isolation.
It’s been the year without Memorial Day services honoring American heroes; the year without fireworks on the Fourth of July; the year when chicken-on-a-stick wasn’t sold next door to Italian sausage sandwiches; and the first year when government officials have suggested we don’t go home for the holidays.
So, yes, the No. 1 reason to be thankful today is that the people – your wife, husband, or your significant other – you have spent the most time with have not slit your throat in your sleep, and that one or all of your kids haven’t smothered you with your own pillow. Life as we once knew it hasn’t existed for months on end and not a single one of us have handled it well.
The rest of the reasons are individual, and hopefully you have many of them.
Happy Thanksgiving.
