Letter to the editor
OPINION 06:00 AM MuskokaRegion.com
By now, you would have heard our Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declare in his recent address to the nation on Sept. 23 that gathering as families this Thanksgiving, in our beloved Muskoka, may not happen.
Disappointing for many. But for many others who struggle to get by day to day, not huge on the disappointment scale.
Why you ask? For approximately 13 per cent of permanent Muskoka residents, Thanksgiving is not high on the priority list when facing each regular day is a challenge.
• A single mom worries if she will have enough milk to feed her three children until the end of the week when she receives her Ontario Works cheque.
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• Grandparents living on government pensions who have custody of their daughter’s children because she is struggling with addiction issues, are unsure if they will have enough left over for gas that month.
CERB and other financial government supports are ending. Winter is coming. Parents wake up in the middle of the night wondering where they are going to get the money to buy winter coats and boots for their kids.
These are all very real scenarios going on in households all around us in Muskoka. We may always remember regretfully the Thanksgiving of 2020 that wasn’t, thanks to COVID 19.
Or we take our lemons and make Limonata.
If Thanksgiving dinners and gatherings do end up getting cancelled this year, perhaps it frees up our individual time a little to actually think about how blessed we are and to reflect on those in our community of Muskoka who could use a little support. Let’s put a final stop to the myth that everyone who lives in Muskoka is well-to-do, and look around us.