Pull up a chair, pass the butter, and carve me out some turkey. It’s Thanksgiving.
For some, it’s the day when friends and family get together to stuff their faces with some great homestyle cooking. It truly is the one meal that is complete with all the trimmings.
Football, and watching your favorite movies with the family are classic Thanksgiving traditions. There’s also a giant parade in New York City broadcast to our TVs each year.
This is also a time when we take stock in what we’ve accomplished, and what we’ve earned. We say “thanks” to those who are close to us, those who have helped us throughout the year and throughout our lifetime become better people and reach for higher goals.
Many of us turn to social media to say thanks and post a new message each day about for whom or what they are thankful. Some drop off extra food and a warm coat for a family in need. Many simply stroll up and say “thank you.”
I am thankful for my family who, through ups and downs, continue to show what love and patience truly look like. I am thankful for my wife — the most patient person I know — who works hard to provide for our family each day, and has provided me with love, nurturing, and motivation the likes I have never seen.
I am thankful to live in a thriving community and have the privilege to go out and get the day’s news and tell our stories. I’ve grown up here, and so much of our area has changed, it’s nice to reflect on how far we’ve come.
And I’m thankful for you — those who read PotomacLocal.com every day and trust us to bring you the day’s news. Thank you to the people who financially support what we do by sponsoring content, or by purchasing advertising.
Your support not only means our website continues to serve a purpose, it means those who live here will continue to have a local news resource at their fingertips to help them understand what is happening in their neighborhood. It means there is one more set of eyes looking at the actions of local government.
It means there is one more reporter looking into what is happening at your child’s school. It means you have a place to turn to when you want to know why the police were on your street last night and you want to know if your family is safe.
We strive to get the story right, and we strive to be useful in a growing world of online media outlets. We strive to make sure the news and content published on our site are locally focused. And we strive to provide voices to those in our community who deserve to be heard.
As long as we’re here, we will be forever grateful to this community. Happy Thanksgiving.
Uriah Kiser is the founder, editor, and publisher of PotomacLocal.com.
