Daily Celebrations of Hope
I'd like to find the first corporate MBA who thought moving Black Friday to Thanksgiving day, pulling employees away from their families and ask them what they're doing today. I'm sure it's not at a checkout counter in retail. Like the changing family structure in America our Thanksgiving occurs on three different days: Last Sunday with one set of in-laws and siblings nearby, today with my other in-laws and Sunday with my father's family in Grand Rapids. We won't see those in California, Washington, D.C. or Hawaii but have either already spoken with them or will shortly. All three occasions we'll be missing my oldest son who's working at a homeless shelter in Kalamazoo. A family member recently said to me that we were going to have a "crappy Christmas" based on cash flow. My response was immediate. If we're together it will be a wonderful Christmas because that's all that matters. I just don't have much sentime