Thanksgiving Paragraphs

                                                                            Values

            I value many things, but above all I value my family the most.  Family is there for you through the highs and the lows.  Sure, you’ll disagree every now and then but at the end of the day you know deep down that you still care about them.  When we’re young we don’t really appreciate our families as much, and don’t realize how much they actually do for us.  But as we get older and we don’t see our cousins, or our grandparents, or maybe even our own siblings, we realize what family really is.  So next time you see your family, let them know how much they really mean to you.

                                                                        Thankfulness

            I’m thankful for many things, my health, my family, my education and many others.  I’m thankful for my health because it really is something people take for granted.  As a nurse my mom hears about kids with leukemia, terminal illnesses, and stories so sad they’d bring tears to your eyes.  Every time I hear of a toddler who has to get a bone marrow transplant, or a ten year old boy who may not see his next Christmas, it really makes me think, “How lucky am I that I’m healthy, I can walk and I don’t need all of these treatments these other kids have to have just to survive.”  As I said in my previous paragraph, I value family very much because they are always there for you, and though they may not agree with your every decision, they’ll support you with whatever you choose.  Finally, I’m thankful for the great education that I’m able to have.  Not only the Global Education program, but the public education program as a whole.  Sure, it may not be as prestigious as a fancy charter school, but between Stevenson students and kids from say Catholic Central, I’d put my money on the Stevenson kid nine times out of ten.

                                                                        Traditions

            In my family, Thanksgiving is the number one holiday when it comes to traditions.  After my grandmother passed away, my Mom took over hosting dinner.  It used to be the whole of my Mom’s family would come over for dinner, a little more than twenty people.  Over the years however, people have been busier and busier and this year will be just my aunt and uncle, and their two sons.  One tradition we have is eating off of the “turkey plates” as we call them.  The plates are fine china that my grandparents received as a wedding present back in 1948 with turkeys on them.  Ever since then we’ve our family has used them every year along with my grandma’s silver from Scotland.  As like most families, we eat turkey every year, with stuffing cranberry sauce and the lot.  Before we eat, we go around the table and say what we’re thankful for, then say grace.  After that it’s a battle for food, who can stuff themselves the fullest, not thinking of how awful we’re going to feel the next day.  But you can’t have dinner without dessert!  Every year my Mom makes pumpkin pies, and my aunt makes pecan.  Usually the “grownups” sit and drink coffee afterward and all of us cousins go and play videogames or make trouble.