Thanksgiving—for all the ‘nevers’ in my life

Ihavenevergonehungry. Ihavenevergonewithout water, either for consumption or cleaning or cooking. I have never had to seek safety in a bomb shelter or a safe room. In my six decades, not once have I been treated differently duetomyskincolor. I have never been tortured, intentionally humiliated, or cast out. I never got picked last on the playground. The poverty my father knew as a boy was…