Tuesday; November 28
I can’t remember when it all began, but the Thanksgiving holiday has turned into a “season”. We follow the Thursday celebration with Black Friday, Small Town Saturday, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday. I don’t have a problem with extending the Thanksgiving season, but I do find it interesting that a day of thanksgiving is followed by several days of spending. Since today is Giving Tuesday, I want to encourage you to find a good cause and make a donation. While I hope we are doing this throughout the year, there is something cool about coming together as a nation and focusing on giving to our favorite causes. In a time when it is popular to develop our own wish lists, maybe it would be a good time to develop our own gift lists. Not just providing presents for our friends and family, but to donate to those organizations that do good. Most of us intrinsically know the value of giving, but it is good to be reminded of what we can (and should) do to help others. While Giving Tuesday i