Well it is Thanksgiving and I'm back home with my cousins and aunt from Taiwan while my family is down in LA for a tennis tournament. I didn't have a traditional turkey dinner, but I had hot pot instead where you have a pot with soup over a fire to cook whatever you want to put in. I guess it's better than getting a ghetto Thanksgiving dinner by going to Denny's for the third year in a row. Even if I didn't get the kind of Thanksgiving I would like, I'm still thankful for a lot.
I'm definitely thankful for God and all He has done with my life. I'm thankful for my family who, although is not perfect, still love me. I'm thankful that I still have a home to go to, and I sure am thankful that I can live comfortably. I feel blessed to have so many amazing friends either back home or down in Santa Barbara. I am thankful to even be alive, and that's something I give full credit to God for because there was a chance I wouldn't even be born!
I was watching a couple DVDs my dad put old home videos on. It showed me how much my parents love me. Even though I am older now and feel like my parents can be too controlling, I know they think they know what is best for me even if it probably isn't.
I also realized that I was really quiet as a baby compared to my older brother who loved running around and being energetic as a child. Seriously. he liked jumping around making noises and playing with toys while I just watched my surroundings and the only noise I made as a kid was crying because I made a toy fall down one step and couldn't bring it back up. My brother uttered a lot of "words" while riding a toy car trying to make it go fast while I didn't know how to play with it and probably had more interest in the camera. In a way, we are kind of like we were back as toddlers. He grew up to be the kind of person who talks a lot and is the athlete since he plays tennis. I'm still the guy who can be quiet when I'm in a new place surrounded by strangers. I obviously still like to look at my surroundings, and I guess I got my interest in film from my parents filming me as a child. We definitely changed a lot over the years through having different experiences. Even then, I know my older brother probably still cares about me like he did when we were little. Makes me feel kind of sad I don't call them often when I'm in Santa Barbara...
Well I'm definitely bringing the home videos down before Christmas break since it's only two weeks away and I watched Justin Huntsman's right before break. You should totally do that too if you have home videos and I know you from SB. I'm sure it will be tons of fun watching each other as children.
Thanksgiving today is not the same as it was originally intended...you should look into the history of it. We tend to think of the one occasion where Puritans and Native Americans have a meal together and not the rest where it is not that friendly. I kind of wish I went up to Round Valley with a family I know to feed the poor who live there. It would definitely be an interesting experience to have dinner with Native Americans there.
Really the main point of this post is to be thankful for what you have. God has been teaching me to be more thankful recently and not just because it is Thanksgiving. I hope you are feeling thankful about a lot of things and not just thinking of this as a day where you get to pig out on food. I'm actually planning on making another post right now on a different subject, so until then...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Kenneth
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