Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I know its actually already been like two days since Thanksgiving but I have been wanting to do this post for quite a while now(two months actually)because the day is specifically meant for people to resurface what they’re most thankful for. Therefore giving their thanks for whatever or whoever they want to gratify; hence the name of the holiday. It’s a holiday mainly celebrated in North America and Canada(well according to the World Wide Web; aka the internet)but that is no excuse not to be thankful for the things and people in your life that make you feel amazing and happy. Consequently that’s what this post is about.
The last day of school before break started, during my lunch, the school counselors started up a little booth that had stacks of sticky note pads and pens. Both of the school’s counselors were standing on either side of the table “COME AND WRITE DOWN WHAT YOUR THANKFUL ON THESE STICKY NOTES AND THEN SMACK EM’ ON THE WALL!” I honestly adore the school counselors and so do the rest of the school’s population. The little things they do for the school really makes it a place for students to truly interact and be educated. There were already a bunch of people grabbing sticky notes and pens. I didn’t want to use a pen they provided in case someone else might grab it before me so I grasped a bunch of my own pens from my backpack and passed them around to my friends. With a pen in hand we all walked and grabbed a sticky note and sprinted back to our seats before we could get trampled by the hoard of other students.
We all wrote on the little fluorescent squares for about three or four minutes or so, all of us simultaneously getting up to the entryway of the MU(Multi-Use Room)We all decided to smack our little notes in a more remote area, away from the huge blob of color on the other side of the wall. Of course all of my other friends were tall enough to reach their arms onto the higher part of the wall. Of course me on the other hand had to get my friend to post it on the wall for me. One thing that all my friends had written that was similar to mine was being grateful for family, friends, good health, and a great education. Sure I agreed with them, likewise I had more things to say such as having a roof over our heads and meals on the table and food in the kitchen. Clothes in our bedrooms and beds to sleep comfortably in. We actually had to do a similar thing during my homeroom period the same day but instead of writing our thanks on coruscating pads of paper and smacking them on a nearby wall(it’s quite fun actually)we would be writing a short essay in class and then later after Thanksgiving break we would be sharing them with other people.
Each of us scrawled all over our journals for a long period of time. I managed to fill up a full page front and back and was working on the back of another page when the timer set for fifteen minutes went off. I tugged at my ear with irritation when I felt unsatisfied with the length of my work. My friend leaned over and peered down at my open journal “Hey Kanmani what did you wri- wow.” He looked down at the messy cursive scratched on the page. I huffed with disappointment as I looked down at my so-called “essay” that my friend seemed to gape over. “You think this is a lot? As flattered and humbled as I am, this couldn’t even pass for a short thesis.” I sighed as my teacher gave my journal pages stamps for finishing. See, this is the problem when your a writer in an educational environment. You get writers block at the worst moments when you really need it to go away the most. But then again you are your worst critic.
Anyway, Thanksgiving break went great and that gave me a ton of time to just sit back and read. Books and other reading material are usually at every corner in my bedroom. A couple books on a shelf on the wall, Popular Science, National Geographic, and Time magazines in a little wood crate in my nightstand. A bunch of books located in each little hanging basket in my metal hanging basket storage thingy. My Kindle and my IPad Pro either charging on my desk or just sitting next to my chronicles of magazines. I could usually go hours without eating or drinking just to finish a whole book that I am determined to finish. Of course that got me thinking Some kids don’t get the opportunity most of the time to just enjoy a book.
I get to do so many things that a lot of kids around the globe aren’t able to do because of financial or health related issues.. We get chances to do incredible things. So here’s what I basically what I wrote on both that sticky note and my essay journal:
I’m thankful for my incredible and loving family and friends. My home and my books, my health, my doctors and dentists, my musical opportunities, my chances in the arts, my incredible teachers and the amazing people who can always make me smile and laugh like a crazy mental, maniac. I so grateful for nights that turn into mornings. Friends turned to family. Dreams that have the chances of turning into a reality.
Sure that’s not even one sixth of what I wrote but that basically sums it all up.
Thanksgiving Day we all just hung around. My mom made one of our favorite foods for dinner, their these little pastry thingies that my mom stuffs with a ton of yummy cooked vegetables inside like cabbage, potatoes, peas, and carrots. (I don’t have any vegetable jokes yet, but if you do, lettuce know! Haha that pun was totally intended.) It was really nice to just ruminate on what really makes your life a breathtaking adventure. It really pulls at your heartstrings.
From the bottom of my heart I am so thankful to everyone out there who is still reading my eccentric and bizarre writing thats on this blog. That my friends, is dedication. I’m surprised you guys aren’t weirded out by moi yet. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed this post and keep dreaming your dreams and say yes to new adventures.
If you can read all of this, be thankful to all your teachers. I’m just sayin’!