My Favorite Gift

Happiness. Happiness is a state of well-being expounded by enjoyable or pleasant emotions ranging from fulfillment to immense amounts of uncontrollable delight. Happiness can be achieved in contrasting approaches depending on the type of person you are. Despite this, happiness is an extremely difficult jewel to find if you don’t look hard enough in a cave of complications in life. In Charles Dickens’, A Christmas Carol, the main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, faces grueling memories and future experiences that will help determine if he, a crotchety, unkind man, will attain true ecstasy or not. Before the help of spirits, Scrooge thought the only possible way to reached his euphoria was all the wealth and riches he could accumulate. It is soon

I can remember the Christmas morning of 2009. I ran downstairs to see what Santa had left me under the tree. When I saw the pink Barbie convertible car I started jumping up and down. I wanted to take it outside immediately and ride it. It was one of my favorite and most loved toys that I ever had. I would drive around in my Barbie car everyday around my neighborhood. My cousins and friends would come on play dates and drive my convertible around the neighborhood. My best Christmas gift was when I received my dog Chloe. I met Santa Claus in The Falls for the first

Sewing my granddaughter's birthday dress, I was fretting over the perfect fabrics, questioning the oversized silk bloom that was to be pinned to the front of the bodice, all the while thinking, surely no two-year-old is going to run around with this monstrosity hanging from the front of her but in the end, opting to keep it because it was, in fact, adorable. I made coffee, took my dog out, said hello to the neighbor, and then Paris...

Every year, there is one day dedicated to giving thanks in America. That day is known as Thanksgiving. In the weeks before, families will make plans to get together with relatives, and decide who will bring what food. On the day of, people will spend the morning cooking. Later, the guests arrive and most likely sit down to wait for food, watching football. These actions are just a few examples of what people are thankful for. As for myself, there are many things I am thankful for, to many to remember or even know. But there are a few main things I am very thankful for.

I stared blankly out the window, then to my family, then the box that sat right in front of me. “Aren’t you going to open your present?” Usually I’d tear into the paper and reveal the item that I longed for, but I honestly could care less what I got. This family Christmas celebration was a little different, and I really had to make it count. This was just days before we had to make our trek to the great state of Texas. Thoughts about the move raced through my mind, going from California to Texas would definitely be a big change.

Ever since 2011 when the civil war in Syria erupted, I have become increasingly thankful for things many people take for granted. For instance,

Gratitude resonates in my mind from time to time. I remember in awe of the stories my family has told me. My mother’s two set of outfits and a single pair of shoes, when they broke, she was forced to walk barefoot. My grandmother’s forced decision to sign over her property, the only other option was a

Are you thankful for something? Well I am. I’m thankful for a roof over my head, good health, and family. Being thankful is when you express your gratitude and relief to others that do a lot for you. You can show someone you're thankful by doing the littlest things. So this Thanksgiving show someone how thankful you are. It doesn’t even have to be Thanksgiving, you can thank someone anyday. You can show thanks by baking cookies for a loved one, or you could even just tell someone thanks. I hope you take what I just told you, and go thank someone, because it’s not that hard. Now I’m going to tell you what I’m thankful for and why.

gratitude to my parents, who gave me the tools and values necessary to be where I

Happiness is different for every person that feels it, it comes from the trials and conflicts that we have overcome. The happiest moment is when you come out of a challenge stronger then you were before, and proud of yourself for finding the strength to make it through. In the short story, “The One’s Who Walk Away From Omelas”, written by Ursula K. Le Guin, the people of Omelas are happy because only one person has to suffer. There is a child that is kept locked away in a closet, the citizens know that he/ she is there. They know that it is because of the child’s suffering that they are able to be happy and yes, while they do feel grateful, they do nothing to help the child or each other.

Happiness comes in many shapes and forms. Some people gain happiness by materialistic things. Others gain happiness from “small” things such as hugs, compliments, or even a smile. For me happiness was often materialistic things. I enjoyed getting candy, money, new clothing, and other things along those lines. How naive.

I am thankful for a lot of things. I had another chance at a happy and safe life when my country was filled with fear and war. My parents sent me to catholic school to give me a good education, and most importantly I have two loving parents who support me on all my decisions and give me immense love. I am thankful of that. As much as I have things going in my life that I am not happy with, I’m still thankful for everything that my parents have done to protect me and my sister and keep us happy.

Tishrei comes and goes every year. I never sit and think about all the wrong things I've done, and I never have much to pray for. All my life I would pray for physical things that I thought I needed. This is the first time in my life I felt like I had what to pray for, and like someone was listening.

In my opinion and many others, being thankful is one of the the best things that you can really do for anybody who gets you a present, food, gifts, or a roof over your head. I am always thankful for everything, but i love my grandparents, my whole family, and food.Being thankful allows you to remember all of the other people in any place in the world and that many of them don't have the things that you have. But being thankful shows that you are a kind and loving person who is very polite and a person who only thinks of the thought and not the actual gift or present. All of these things are important to being a thankful person and a polite person.

I like to create my personal style and help others who cannot seem to wrap their heads around what to wear and how to wear it from fitted pieces to chic ensembles to satisfy their fashion taste buds. I am a creative and I remember in my teenage years I would draw and design outfits. What brought me to fashion was that I found out that the clothes people were wearing was practically the same and I don’t like wearing what every other person is wearing. I like being myself and this led me to explore with various fabric and styles for teenagers and ladies in their 20’s and with time I started making clothes for myself and now I make practically all my clothes by myself and I have helped to satisfy the taste buds of young ladies. So many things inspire me when it comes to styling and fashion; Nature inspires me, fabrics inspire me. I see a fabric and immediately in my subconscious mind, I am already thinking of what pattern or style to create with the fabric. I have inspired fellow twenty somethings with my personal style and fashion statement. I find clothing interesting and fun because it is used to express who I am.