I wrote this short song in the past few days while thinking about the experiences I’ve heard my friends tell me about their own personal family Thanksgivings. Each person’s situation was a little different, but each was far from the normal holiday they are used to sharing with their loved ones. This song is somewhat personal to me, but also incorporates elements\/thoughts of individuals I’ve spoken with in the past week or so.<\/p>\n
Good Things in Bad Times:<\/strong><\/p>\n I see the faces round the table except this year they\u2019re all alone<\/p>\n And the smiles that all greet me smile at me through the phone<\/p>\n There is stuffing on the counter, there is turkey in the fridge<\/p>\n Nana\u2019s jello\u2019s in the freezer, I wish that I could have a dish<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And my cousins all were waving, but my FaceTime camera froze<\/p>\n Now each member of the family\u2019s frozen in a crazy pose<\/p>\n My sister\u2019s fork is halfway to her mouth, my mother sips her tea<\/p>\n Papa\u2019s hand is in the cookie jar, well that one\u2019s no surprise to me<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And we look back to yesterdays and our family face to face<\/p>\n Whoever said that distance makes the heart grow fonder<\/p>\n Can rest assured that no one doubts him any longer<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now seven people all are talking and I can\u2019t understand a word<\/p>\n Can someone teach aunt Betty now please how her iPhone works<\/p>\n And despite all of our warnings, about coffee cups and Macs<\/p>\n Uncle Billy spilled all over his new computer that\u2019s a fact<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And we\u2019re looking back to yesterdays and our family face to face<\/p>\n Whoever said that distance makes the heart grow fonder<\/p>\n Can rest assured that no one doubts him any longer<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And it\u2019s hard to be thankful for good things in bad times<\/p>\n But this is the moment to reflect on all our lives<\/p>\n Cause 2020 wasn\u2019t all bad all the time<\/p>\n And we\u2019re thankful for the good in the bad times<\/p>\n You know I\u2019m right<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I see the faces round the table except this year I’m not at home<\/p>\n but when you have a family like mine you’re never all alone<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And we\u2019re looking back to yesterdays and our family face to face<\/p>\n Whoever said that distance makes the heart grow fonder<\/p>\n Can rest assured that no one doubts him any longer<\/p>\n No one doubts him any longer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I wrote this short song in the past few days while thinking about the experiences I’ve heard my friends tell me about their own personal family Thanksgivings. Each person’s situation was a little different, but each was far from the normal holiday they are used to sharing with their loved ones. This song is somewhat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2227,"featured_media":14189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1593,192,1495,1588,860],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14758,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14757\/revisions\/14758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}