Happy Thanksgivjng to you and your family and your friends!

For many of us who had hoped to elect Kamala Harris as President, this is not the best of Thanksgivings.

But we must be thankful for our blessings, count them, and rededicate ourselves to improving our society and the lives of others.

Never forget: We are not going back!

We want a better world, not the fictional world of the past. We want progress, not regress.

I am thankful for all those who dedicate their lives to progress, opportunity, kindness, compassion, justice, education, enlightenment, and equity.

I am thankful for our nation’s teachers. They have devoted themselves to building a better world, one student at a time. They have not been thanked enough.

I am thankful for my family.

I am thankful for health.

Be thankful. Be kind. Be strong. Be good to yourself.