Thanksgiving in Italy
2006-11-28
Thanksgiving in Italy
Thanksgiving was sad apart from my family. Every year since I was a newborn my family has gone to Oklahoma City to have Thanksgiving with the extended family on my dad’s side and then gone on to Branson, Missouri for a couple days. This year my dad’s sister’s family joined them for the first time in a few years and I could not be there. I was depressed not to be there! My Thanksgiving turned out much better than I thought it would.
I thought I would just be sad on Thanksgiving, especially since I had to go to school on Thanksgiving. I think the school should have shown some mercy. However, it started to look a little better when Jessica and Amber decided to have a Thanksgiving feast!! We invited several people over, including one of Jessica’s cooking assistants from the cooking school affiliated with FUA.
Everyone brought something and by the time everyone had brought something we had more than a feast. We even had a turkey that we prepared. My favorite part of the cooking process was when we were plucking the turkey. Of course Zena hung back in disgust and asked us,
We laughed for about ten minutes.
It was nice to be surrounded by Americans since we were all in the same boat during our national holiday.
We ate stuffing, mashed potatoes, turkey, pumpkin pie, green bean casserole, cookies, etc and when we were full we talked about back home. It is comforting to be around people going through the same thing. We all have mixed emotions about going home.
I have counted my blessings since coming to Florence. I have so many people, things and opportunities that I am thankful for. Being away from so many of them has made me appreciate them all the more. Here is a brief list that shows only a few of them.
~Family who cares about me (enough to fund my adventures abroad, thank you mom and dad…you have made a lifelong difference and I expect nothing for at least 2 Christmases and birthdays)
~My dearest friends back home (It was Lauren’s birthday the day before Thanksgiving!)
~Good guy friends (we all say it, and we miss American boys)
~Babies (my sister Faith)
~Courtney, Rachel and the little terrors (Shaun and Kaden)
~My car (that literally everyone in my family is driving right now…ha ha!)
~Zena
~The United States of America
~Florence, Italy
~Electricity (our bathroom light does not work and the mold in our bathroom is getting annoying)
~Computers
~The music Andrew burned for me
~Chocolate (especially dark)
~Living near countless gorgeous old buildings and the Arno
~Italian food and wine
~Living in a country of rich religious heritage
~A God who has enough mercy to care about and put up with me
This list could go on for forever so I think I will stop myself now before I waste too much time on it. I would greatly enjoy procrastinating more from my three essays, but since I am going to Switzerland this weekend I cannot.
Thanksgiving in Italy
Thanksgiving was sad apart from my family. Every year since I was a newborn my family has gone to Oklahoma City to have Thanksgiving with the extended family on my dad’s side and then gone on to Branson, Missouri for a couple days. This year my dad’s sister’s family joined them for the first time in a few years and I could not be there. I was depressed not to be there! My Thanksgiving turned out much better than I thought it would.
I thought I would just be sad on Thanksgiving, especially since I had to go to school on Thanksgiving. I think the school should have shown some mercy. However, it started to look a little better when Jessica and Amber decided to have a Thanksgiving feast!! We invited several people over, including one of Jessica’s cooking assistants from the cooking school affiliated with FUA.
Everyone brought something and by the time everyone had brought something we had more than a feast. We even had a turkey that we prepared. My favorite part of the cooking process was when we were plucking the turkey. Of course Zena hung back in disgust and asked us,
“Do all turkeys have feathers, or is that just an Italian turkey thing?”
We laughed for about ten minutes.
It was nice to be surrounded by Americans since we were all in the same boat during our national holiday.
We ate stuffing, mashed potatoes, turkey, pumpkin pie, green bean casserole, cookies, etc and when we were full we talked about back home. It is comforting to be around people going through the same thing. We all have mixed emotions about going home.
I have counted my blessings since coming to Florence. I have so many people, things and opportunities that I am thankful for. Being away from so many of them has made me appreciate them all the more. Here is a brief list that shows only a few of them.
~Family who cares about me (enough to fund my adventures abroad, thank you mom and dad…you have made a lifelong difference and I expect nothing for at least 2 Christmases and birthdays)
~My dearest friends back home (It was Lauren’s birthday the day before Thanksgiving!)
~Good guy friends (we all say it, and we miss American boys)
~Babies (my sister Faith)
~Courtney, Rachel and the little terrors (Shaun and Kaden)
~My car (that literally everyone in my family is driving right now…ha ha!)
~Zena
~The United States of America
~Florence, Italy
~Electricity (our bathroom light does not work and the mold in our bathroom is getting annoying)
~Computers
~The music Andrew burned for me
~Chocolate (especially dark)
~Living near countless gorgeous old buildings and the Arno
~Italian food and wine
~Living in a country of rich religious heritage
~A God who has enough mercy to care about and put up with me
This list could go on for forever so I think I will stop myself now before I waste too much time on it. I would greatly enjoy procrastinating more from my three essays, but since I am going to Switzerland this weekend I cannot.
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