Thanksgiving after the apocalypse has faded from memory

It is hard to believe that a few short years ago, human life almost ended due to a respiratory illness that had no cure.

At the time, I predicted that we would survive, find a cure, and come out of it. But I was certain the prognostications that we might become:

Wiser

Kinder

More unified

And prepared in a way that this could never happen again

… Would all be so, so wrong

Sadly, I am not only correct on the first three but so correct that the opposite has happened in a big way.

But I cook a really fantastic Turkey now, and I go out of my way to make it for my family in Thanksgiving. In this way, a small way… I can hope that some of of may yet become wiser, kinder, more unified, and prepared in a way that strengthens our resilience.