Curtis Riddle
CPA and supervisor with
Rodefer Moss & Co., PLLC, a
regional accounting firm
If you could put your time and/or
money into one thing in Southern
Indiana to make it better, what would
it be and why?
This is a very difficult question to answer at
this time in our lives, considering the current
health crisis. Under normal circumstances,
though, my time and money would go to any
initiatives that provide children living in less-
fortunate environments with resources and
education to help them reach their full poten-
tial. It’s important for everyone to have the
resources and the same opportunities to learn,
grow, and succeed.
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How has the coronavirus outbreak
impacted your life most and what
will you tell future generations about
COVID-19 from your perspective?
The coronavirus pandemic has certainly
altered my behavior and perspective in
many ways. It has given me an opportunity
to try to simplify things and really focus on
the important things in my life, such as the
well-being of my family and quality time
together. My wife and I both continue to work
due to the nature of our jobs, but the extra
things we do to stay occupied have slowed
or stopped. Time normally spent watching or
participating in sports, is now spent as a more
relaxed family time. The exceptions being,
the always-challenging e-learning lessons at
home, and doing home improvement projects
we had been putting off.
From a health perspective, my worries
are not necessarily how the virus potentially
affects me, but how my actions could affect
others. My wife and I both have parents and
grandparents in higher-risk categories, so we
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