I see a lot of people posting a give thanks post and I am assuming it is an LDS thing since it is all Mormon’s posting them. Here’s a different perspective: I am glad that people are grateful for the community they grew up in. What I would like to share is a different view of an idyllic town built on Christian roots. When I started Kindergarten, I was the one of two non-mormons in my K-9 school. As someone whose parents and grandparents did not practice the predominant religion, my siblings and I were on the outside of every circle, for much of our time there, with a few beautiful exceptions. Kids were rarely allowed to come to our house because our parents smoked and we didn’t go to church. Our birthday parties were tiny, if attended at all. Cruel comments were made on the bus almost daily to at least one of us. In grade two, I got made fun of in front of the bulk of our grade 2/3 split at recess because I accidentally said Oh My God. One person stood up for me. She was th...