What your Register-Guard employees is grateful for this Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is historically a time to replicate on the 12 months that’s coming to an in depth and take inventory of the issues that remind us of our energy to persevere, overcome and dwell in grace. It’s a time once we embrace our communities and our households, share meals with family members or strangers, and put together ourselves to fulfill the following 12 months with gratitude as our guiding mild.

Right here at The Register-Guard, all of us have one thing we’re grateful for and your devoted reporting group needed to share a number of reflections this vacation season.

Personally, I’m grateful for the chance to guide this extremely devoted employees into subsequent 12 months. My transition concerned a substantial amount of private sacrifice, however the reward has been super. I’m grateful to be near an exquisite, gracious and giving a part of my household and to have discovered such a prepared community of people that make up an ever increasing circle of supportive and considerate mates.

My hope is so that you can enter this Thanksgiving season with a coronary heart full of affection for your self and the individuals who encompass you. To our readers, who maintain and drive us, thanks. And to Lillian Johansen, who turns 100 on Nov. 28, completely satisfied birthday from all of us on the RG.

— Jill Bond, editor

Small luxuries

This season, I’m feeling particularly grateful for small luxuries in my life, like pottery class, a sauna, cappuccinos, my movie images, and contemporary produce! And an enormous thanks to the native companies that convey these companies to Eugene: Clay Area, the YMCA, Palace Espresso and Bakery, Dot Dotsons, and the Kiva.

— Sammy Pierotti, meals, drinks and issues to do reporter

Household time

I am grateful for household and time spent collectively, understanding that tomorrow is just not assured. I am grateful for caring mates who look out for one another. I am grateful for a life the place you may make a distinction for others.

— Jesse Sowa, sports activities editor

Our group

I’m grateful for brand spanking new funding in The Register-Guard and the newsroom I work in. We now have extra reporters now than once I began right here two years in the past. I’m grateful to be a part of a much bigger group of reports and sports activities reporters and to have an editor who’s made herself an lively a part of the Eugene neighborhood.

— Alan Torres, authorities reporter

Autumn in Eugene

I’m grateful for my mates, household and family members. I’m grateful for the chance to have a roof over my head and a accomplice who retains me sane. I’m grateful for the autumn leaves and crisp chilly climate. I’m appreciative of the Eugene neighborhood for his or her ongoing help of The Register-Guard and for trusting us to inform their tales.

— Haleigh Kochanski, breaking information and public security reporter

Books and colleagues

I’m grateful for our incredible new workplace, our unimaginable employees that busts their butts to place out an amazing paper day by day and the coaches and athletes round Eugene-Springfield who assist make this job a lot enjoyable.

From a private standpoint, I’m grateful for my great fiancé, our two maniac kittens and Smith Household Books for serving to maintain me sane throughout the chilly months.

— Jarrid Denney, highschool sports activities reporter

Daily is new

I’m grateful for the power to dwell and work within the vibrant Eugene neighborhood the place I grew up, and for the chance to proceed to make images and meet attention-grabbing folks by way of my reporting. I take pleasure in the big variety of distinctive experiences and neighborhood members this profession introduces to me, and the chance to do or be taught one thing new day by day.

With the vacations approaching, I’m grateful to be close to my household and capable of collect this time of 12 months.

— Ben Lonergan, multimedia photojournalist

Compassion and beauty

With the vacations and the top of the 12 months approaching, I am fascinated with how grateful I’m for the folks in my life who’re watching out for me in methods giant and small. I share my most honest thanks for mates, household, coworkers, strangers that politely alert me to the lipstick on my tooth and retailer cashiers who bear in mind my go-to objects. It may be troublesome to proceed being heat to one another in these colder months, however I am grateful to be in a neighborhood that reliably exudes compassion and beauty.

— Hannarose McGuinness, progress and growth reporter

Fellow cinephiles

I’m grateful for my family and friends, my accomplice, Lydia, and my cat, Ash. I’m additionally grateful for community-oriented theaters in Eugene just like the Metro and Artwork Home for offering superior venues to look at motion pictures, previous and new.

— Alec Dietz, Oregon Geese reporter

A supportive room

I’m grateful for my unimaginable colleagues at The Register-Guard. Over this previous 12 months, our group has labored onerous day by day, collaborating on tales, sharing leads and providing each other ethical help by way of all of the highs and lows. I am additionally grateful for my colleagues’ efforts throughout our profitable union bargaining, which has really strengthened us as a newsroom.

— Miranda Cyr, schooling reporter

Passionate folks

I’m grateful to work alongside a bunch of colleagues who work tirelessly to report the information and inform tales essential to our neighborhood. Being a reporter requires ardour, curiosity and teamwork and I am grateful to work in newsroom with individuals who have these qualities.

— Chris Hansen, Oregon Geese reporter

Our neighborhood

I’m grateful for this superb, numerous and engaged neighborhood. I hear from a lot of you every week, offering suggestions, suggestions and help.

I’m nonetheless having enjoyable being a journalist partially due to all of you who’re studying this piece.

— Chris Pietsch, director of multimedia

This text initially appeared on Register-Guard: Thanksgiving on the Register Guard