Running a small business isn’t for the faint of heart. Equipment failed, supply deliveries were missed, employees got sick, and storms knocked out power. Yet the diner stayed open, day after day, because my dad understood—long before I had the words for it—that continuity isn’t paperwork.

Continuity is love.
It’s responsibility.
It’s showing up for your community no matter what.

And that, at its core, is what I feel Thanksgiving is all about.