Personal Narrative: When Thanksgiving Break

Thanksgiving Memoir I was waiting in the car my mom was driving. I saw my brother sleeping so I could not play with him so I went back to sleep. My mom was calling” Ben Ben Ben!” I woke up, I was very drowsy It was time to get out of the car. My mom and dad were still waiting for my brother to get out of the car so I just waited. For 5 minutes I stood waiting for my brother to wake up.When my brother finally woke up feeling sleepy we headed to the front door and stepped over the threshold to see my relatives.

Not so thankful for what happened on thanksgiving. On Thursday, November 26, 2015 my mom suggested that I invite some friends over. My mom just wanted to meet the guys that I was intending to go black friday shopping with later that evening I assumed. Thanksgiving morning, I had asked my friends Ceejay ,Alex, and Collin to come over on Thanksgiving. They arrived and my mom had introduced herself to them and was joking around with them.

Hi guys! This past weekend we were graced with a much needed fall break. After a few weeks of constant studying, it was nice to have a four day weekend to sit back and relax. After my two tests on Friday I drove seven hours to meet my dad and my girlfriend's dad in Pittsfield Illinois for a few day hunting trip at a lease that my dad has. It was a long drive, but it was worth it when I arrived to a 16oz prime rib at one of my favorite restaurants, the Red Dome. Unfortunately the corn and soybeans had not yet been cut around our farm so we did not see as many deer as usual, but we still had fun and relaxed for a few days.

Thanksgiving is a time for family, food and reminiscing about all the good times. At the Fitzgerald household only two things matter most. Food and Monopoly. We've played the painstakingly long game every year since I was seven, and I would always lose. Naturally, when my uncle busted out the game, I was ready to back out and save the small dignity that I still had.

I reacted as politely as I could to the cultural differences in the Bronx. The culture shock often made me irritable and honestly annoyed, but I never lashed out or maliciously acted on my sentiments. With the constant Spanish, music playing, and different attitudes, I needed to find a way to zone out my surroundings. And I turned to music, country music in particular. I had always loved country music, but I really came to love it while in the Bronx. It was a way for me to regress into the culture in which I came—mainly a white culture that often has an affinity for the outdoors and wilderness. The urban jungle of NYC rarely offers a great area to fish or hunt. Yet I also did try to embrace the changing culture. I would dance to the Latin music that many of my students played; I would eat locally and try different cultures’ foods; and I read up on the history of the Bronx and how it evolved into a city with a working class that is socioeconomically challenged, and how many people—especially those of color—have received the brunt end of public policy decisions that have no other explanation than environmental racism and unjust drug policies. For example, we worked with students whom, at any given time, could have their homes evicted, suffer an asthma attack from the unconscionable pollution caused by the Bruckner Bridge that connects upstate New York to Manhattan, or lose a father or mother or sibling to one of the everyday evils that swirl around a neighborhood like Hunts

Going into the fall 2014 semester, my family was not in a good place financially, and I was not mentally. Our income had been reduced, meaning I had to step up to help my family. This caused my already weakened mental state to become even more strained and took a toll on me physically. I was not able to concentrate on anything at school, work, and home, it was almost in a blur. When I resigned from the fall 2014 semester, I knew it was something that was needed to make sure I stayed healthy, mentally and physically. Two years went by and I found myself in a better place. Going into the fall 2016 semester, I found the perfect balance between studying, work, and home life. In the end I exceeded all the expectations I had set for myself in every

As we enter the holiday season, I want to extend Happy Thanksgiving greetings to my family and friends!! All of us, whether or not we realize it, have so much to be thankful for. I am extremely excited and thankful for the opportunity I have been given to pursue a PhD. I have been working hard at achieving this goal for what seems like a lifetime (but, in all actuality, it’s only been three and a half years). Lol The journey, however, has not been without bumps and bruises; but, all in all, it has been extremely rewarding and, with your continued love and support, I am certain I will make it through this program. Therefore, I guess you can say that I have been richly blessed this Thanksgiving. More importantly, I would like to give thanks

The whole 405 crew was meeting up with some guys from Texas. Everyone decided to bring something to eat as it was thanksgiving. Everybody brought their families and the cooking began. While they waited for the meal to be done they raced. Things got a little bit heated in the races but it was all okay.

The day after Thanksgiving my family had a reunion for my grandmother on a boat because

So I was talking to my friend Ryker on 5th street the same street I live on when out of the blue I heard B OOM.one of my brother and sister daycare provider gave me ride to where the sound was coming from. I asked him what was going on he responded “if you heard that crash that was your cousin hit van” I replied by saying “her breaks weren’t working that well an…” he stopped me “you were watching her” I responded back by say “I told her not to RIDE DOWN HILL. But she didn’t listen to me and I knew something like that happen if she didn’t listen to me” replied “should of told your papa” I said “I know”.

This spring break we went to the beach and had a really great time. when we left we had to leave at 5:00 to get on the road and the drive was an 8hr drive it took a long time to get there we stopped by chilli's and ate then got back on the road. when we got to the hotel finally we unpacked and went down to the beach but when we got down there the sun was already setting so we just went back up after about 15 minutes. when we got back up to the condo we decided we needed to go to the grocery store so we headed to walmart we got a tone of grocery's just for a week. when we got home from the grocery store we decided that since it was the first night that we needed to got to this place called the Shrimp basket so we went there and it was really good (to be honest we went out to eat every night). then we where in the car and i said hey mom can we go to the walmart and get movies for the whole week she said sure and they where only $3 so we went and did that and went to the condo. (if you are wondering my mom ,grandma,me,and

Sweet, crisp, cool , banana, scented, tempting, salty…...These are just some of the words that are in my top five memories. Hi I’m Ava how ya doin. Good? That's great! Well you're in for a good 5 memories… so let's get started-->

It was after christmas break and I was so excited to show all of my friends what I had gotten for Christmas, but the teacher shushed us and told us that we had to get ready for an assignment. She said we had to write an essay for an contest about our Christmas. I guarantee that I can win! I decided to write about a myth instead of writing about my prudent Christmas. I stayed up all night. To be honest this was a crucial competition because the prize was $500 and everyone was always tearing others stories up. I may be a hypocrite for being the only one writing a myth in my story but if it was going to get me $500 dollars then I was to do it! My story started out that we had to be very formal for our Christmas and wear dresses that I would never wear and the men wore these weird costumes. I brought my story to school and someone took my fully 20 page written story and ripped it up! So then I took hers and ripped hers as well and we had a legendary dual over our stories. I tried to cherish this day since it was my first actual fight. The girl I was fighting was pretty nice to me back in third grade in fact we were very comparable in every way so we became best friends. She was very

Just like everyone else over break I watched my series on Netflix and lounged in bed all day. Eventually getting up about three (because I had to rather then wanted to), eating lunch when I would normally be ready for dinner, and doing the usual catch-up with friends. While doing these extremely relaxing things through you can learn some very good lessons about different things.

On 2016/05/19 I had a court date in Virgina, I came back at 1400 and I had matters I had to take care of at a salvage yard in Rocky Point that I needed to be there for. I left because I was informed that I was on a personal leave day. When I received the phone call I turned around and headed back to Camp