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Give thanks for the rocks this Thanksgiving
This is a year when we might feel as if we are standing in sinking sand.
We hardly need to chronicle the many and varied hardships of 2020. We can leave this to the memes–it has been a great year for those.
Most of us can be thankful for our responses to the numerous challenges of 2020. We can't go to the gym, but there are fitness apps. Maybe we couldn't go to the office, but many could telecommute. The people who struggled most, we helped through donations and charity. Those who succumbed to the scourge of the pandemic, we have mourned and tried to give comfort to the families.
We've done what we always do: Struggle, adapt and keep moving. For that effort alone, we have reason to be thankful.
Thanksgiving isn't a holiday when we give gifts, it's one where we think of the gifts received. Friendship, family, work–these are some of the rocks that have lifted us from the sinking sand. Let's be thankful for the rocks.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
