{"id":6117,"date":"2020-11-25T11:52:44","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T16:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/?p=6117"},"modified":"2023-11-18T20:09:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T01:09:00","slug":"kn-p-267-thankful-in-a-challenging-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/2020\/11\/kn-p-267-thankful-in-a-challenging-time\/","title":{"rendered":"KN, p. 267 “Thankful in a Challenging Time”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Some years are better than others, that\u2019s the pattern of life. 2020? Without any hesitation, 2020 should be buried in a deep, dark hole somewhere and forgotten for all time. 36 days to go.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sheila and I have always enjoyed our gatherings with family and friends, and as you are aware, most of the recipes and posts during the last nine years have been generated because of those gatherings, whether professional or personal. But, the last eight months have been a blur of cancellations of conferences, events, and people scrambling to make sense of life in the USA and the world, as the Pandemic and politics became the overriding daily themes. We couldn\u2019t turn on the TV, listen to the radio, or open a newspaper without those two topics jumping into the forefront.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So, how can we be thankful for anything except each other? That\u2019s a biggie, for sure, to know that you can count on your nearest and dearest to help and support you whenever you need them, to share both the pain and the joy.<\/span><\/p>\n

We might be stretching our thankful list this year, but I have to believe that the only way we\u2019ll get through this is to find the silver lining in as much as possible during the truly weird times.<\/span><\/p>\n