Our Thanksgiving Tradition

Our Thanksgiving Tradition

My family doesn’t really have a Thanksgiving tradition. We celebrate Thanksgiving, but there really is no tradition. I remember when I was about 13 years old, every Thursday morning on Thanksgiving my dad would wake up my sister and ask her to turn on the oven. This is funny because my dad refers to the oven as the microwave. So every morning he would come in the room and say “Josh, microwave on kero.” In translation, it means turn on the microwave, lol. What he really means is turn on the oven. I remember waking up and the whole house would smell like turkey. He would make his world famous mash potatoes. Now those mash potatoes are my sisters famous mash potatoes. She took his recipe and doctored it. Her mash potatoes are better, but I don’t tell my dad that, lol. Along the years, I don’t know what happened but we just stopped that tradition.  My dad has always worked on Thanksgiving and I have a pretty small family, so it’s just me and my sister home for Thanksgiving. Sometimes we go over to other peoples house whether its friends or relative. So every year is different in our house hold. In 2010, my uncle invited us over to his house and last year we invited them over to our house. This year is still to be decided. Since my dad is working, we haven’t really decided on what we want to do yet. Maybe this year we will stay in and get a deep fried turkey from Popeye’s. 

Even though, my family doesn’t really have a big tradition for Thanksgiving. I still enjoy the holiday. I like the spirit of Thanksgiving. It really makes you appreciate what you have. Sometimes, we get so caught up in life that we don’t appreciate the simple things in life like having good health, drinking clean water, or having a place to live. Those are just simple things we take for granted. I try to remember when things get bad there is someone out there who has it worse then you, so count your blessings. When I realize how lucky I am all the bad stuff doesn’t seem to matter anymore.   Try to appreciate the simple things in life is what I tell everyone.  Also try to give back to the less fortunate. Simple things like donating your time or participating in the canned food drives can help the less fortunate, giving away clothes you don’t wear anymore to organizations like Salvation Army. Especially during the holidays, you realize how lucky someone is to have these things. Thanksgiving is an awesome holiday and I’m so glad that we celebrate it.  Another bright side about Thanksgiving is I get a 4 day weekend! A break from school is always a good thing, but only to catch up on more homework. I’m sure others feel the same way.