What I’m Thankful for This Thanksgiving

This year’s Thanksgiving Day falls on Thursday, November 23. Thanksgiving is a holiday people celebrate to give thanks, worship, and blessings. Thanksgiving came about in 1621 when the English settlers of Plymouth Colony and the Native American Wampanoag tribe shared a fall feast known as Thanksgiving. The holiday spread from New England, and the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, acknowledged it as a holiday every November.

Thanksgiving can be celebrated in a number of ways: telling family or friends what we’re thankful for or giving back to those who are needful, hungry, or homeless. Overall, Thanksgiving is a holiday that people should be thankful for because this is the only day someone can feel a little acknowledged and hopeful for something positive to happen in the future. Plus, on Thanksgiving, there are always second helpings of food.

Every Thanksgiving, my family and I gather together and pray for the food that we eat; we give thanks for everything that we are grateful for, such as clothes, a roof over our heads, food, family, and friends. Then there’s the dinner. I’ll tell you what I’m going to have this year. Since it’s popular in many families’ Thanksgiving dinner, we are going to have turkey, chicken, ham, rice, and cranberry sauce (my favorite!). One year we actually had elotes, which is a Mexican dish consisting of corn, mayonnaise, lime, chili powder, cotija cheese and cilantro. My mother makes the best elotes in the world, and I couldn’t ask for anything more for Thanksgiving.

I wanted to take the time to write down what I am thankful for this year. This year, I am thankful for a number of things. I am thankful for my family and the time I spend with them. I am thankful for my friends, wonderful and amazing teachers who inspire me every day to be one, passing the Constitution test, the clothes I wear, the food I eat, my coaches in sports and clubs, being the manager of the softball and football team, the environment that I put myself in with lots of friends, and recognition around the school for being who I am. I am also thankful for the peace that we have because some countries are now at war. I hope that we all come back together as one and make peace all around the world. We only live once and don’t want to waste the time that we have left in our lives, which I am also thankful for. I could write down a million more things for which I am grateful, but that would be a long list. 

Now, it’s your turn! Go down to the comments section and write down what’s on the Thanksgiving menu and what you’re thankful for this year. I’m hoping to see a lot of responses. Happy Thanksgiving!