Thanksgiving—for all the ‘nevers’ in my life

Thanksgiving—for all the ‘nevers’ in my life
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 never in my ch…