Reflection Paper On Thanksgiving

On September 6, 1620, 102 men, women and children from England boarded a small cargo boat called the Mayflower and set sail for the New World. The passengers left their homes in England in search of religious freedom from the King of England. Today they are known as "pilgrims."

There are too many traditions in the world, and each country has specific holidays to celebrate determinate event. When I came to here in March of 2016 I didn’t know about what is to celebrate Christmas, Independence Day or Thanksgiving. By beginning of November in 2015 I heard about Thanksgiving Day and what it means. As soon I knew the reason of why we celebrate Thanksgiving I started to show interest and motivation about this day. I like to be a grateful person, so I was very excited to see how the Americans celebrate this date and to be part of it.

Heavenly smells in the air, footballs on T.V, family is gathered around, and a comfortable homey feel of my grandmother’s house makes Thanksgiving one of my favorite meals of the year. I will always have memories of thanksgiving at my grandmothers. The smell that rushes your nose as you walk in to the house. So many mouthwatering smells go through the air at my grandmother’s thanksgiving. Her Thanksgiving dinner never fails to fulfill my expectations. With the whole family gathered and the dinner table full of delicious food, I can’t help but feel content.

As the holiday season is coming nearer each day, I found it appropriate to look further into the traditional Thanksgiving topic. I can only describe what my family does, my Puerto Rican and Caucasian family. As far as I can say, we are not necessarily traditional with our celebration of Thanksgiving. So I figured why not use this assignment as a way to further look into the holiday and how it is celebrated across America, this can mean anything from families celebrating it in their homes, to the retail shops of the country selling holiday/seasonal items to go along with the tradition. I would like to examine the traditions of thanksgiving.

Equally important, I have been preparing for this sacrament through instruction through what I have learned

Being thankful is not hard to do but I neglect to acknowledge what I am blessed with. There are numerous benefits by being thankful. In a 2012 study by the University of Kentucky, it states that being grateful will improve empathy and will cut down aggression. Also, a 2014 study published in Emotion, it proves that you can win friends by simply saying “thank you.”

In this chapter we are dealing with Sermon on the Mount in a general outlook. Here we will mainly see the Sermon on the Mount in the gospel of Matthew, its connection with the Old Testament and the New Testament setting of the Sermon on the Mount.

Over thanksgiving break I went to the turkey bowl and my team came in second place.The turkey bowl was on weekdays at the high school, our first game was at 10 am and we won our first game 24-10. But our second game we lost in OT 12-6. After our second game we had a 2 hour break 5o go anywhere I went to tony’s pizza with my friends. But most of the calls for the game where Controversial. When we got back to the field we still had a lot of time so we had a football game and we watch the amilim games. IT was finnlay our time to play we played the green team and that's the team that beat us the first time. The first play of the game, i got the ball and scurry ran down the field for a touchdown. Our game went really fast but we came back at the

official new day of thanksgiving. Of all its seasons of anarchy, creation never conceived that its sin of corruption would ever become mighty enough to kill a God. It also brought many to collapse on the ground to claw at the dirt in anguish. They looked upon Him, the one they pierced, and mourned for Him as one mourns for an only child and grieved bitterly. His body was taken and placed in state on the Temple Mount where mourners came to bring flowers and stood by His side in a candlelight vigil of prayer and supplication. Nations came to believe the time had arrived, the beginning of the end that eventually comes to all dictatorships. The secular and church world waited in all smugness for Utopia and everything it advocated to be

First, you need to get some materials like, cloth, cardboard, glue, scissors, ruler, glitter, Christmas lights, clear tape permanent marker, jellyfish picture, and two googly eyes. You also can choose your favorite color cloth and glitter ask an adult helps you when you are using the scissors, and find an adequate place with a big table where you can work.

In America, there are many different holidays celebrated. For many, holidays are a time joy and heartwarming love. Every year, on the fourth Thursday of November, a special holiday of overeating and watching football comes around. That holiday is Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving Day is a day to spend time with family and enjoy a large, delicious home-cooked meal. In some household there are traditions that come with Thanksgiving. For example, the eldest child and her uncle prepare the entire meal while the child’s parents, aunt, and two little cousins spend the day talking, drinking, and watching sports. Everyone enjoys each others’ company and traditions of the festive holiday stay exact every year, down to the same dishes made yearly. It is a

One may say I come from a nuclear family, which is defined by Bélanger & Ward (2015) as “a family consisting of a husband, a wife, and their children.”(p.6) This basic definition not only disregards the vast majority of families but, also fails to describes the intricate relationships within each family. The different personalities in a family, their history, and the challenges they face together often morph and evolve the family’s identity. In the following paragraphs I will attempt to explore my family’s narrative as well as extrapolate what that means too me and my future self.

The environment I was raised in was not the most typical. The Diversity and adversity in my family created a complex atmosphere to experience as a child. I am the first biracial child in my family.With a white mother and black father, I was exposed to two very different cultures. The diversity of my family taught me to be accepting and open-minded, along with helping me become adaptable to different types of people. As a child, I was subjected to disapproval, of my parents relationship and my own self. This judgement caused members of my family to doubt my abilities and my success. IN order to be taken seriously, I focused on improving in the things that I enjoyed. The pressure to prove my family wrong motivated me to work hard. Through my success in academics and music, my ambition and with the support of my parents I was able to gain the respect of both sides of my family. Even though I proved them wrong, as I grew older I learned of the different political standings among members of my family. With conservative and liberal views clashing, I learned to be open-minded to all beliefs, and to accept and love any person, even if I disagreed with their ideas.

Literacy is crucial to every aspect in life. No matter what we do in our life it usually requires an ability of reading and understanding to achieve the desired outcome. Take for example when you are getting the mail form the mailbox. You need to be able to read and understand it to pay bills and filter out what is important and what is not.

“There is a large oak tree in our village square where people post notices,” Kris said. As Christmas gets closer the children post their wishes or request for toys there. Every couple of days we go down after dark and collect the notes and make a list of the things the kids want.”