Thanksgiving Reflection

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.

Hiking through Rocky Mountain National Park the beauty was overwhelming, the next day our team was serving in downtown Denver in a Street reach meal service to people suffering from homelessness. The beauty of the mountains was overwhelming but then we surrounded by this vast issue of homelessness. Both of these moving experiences, along with many other moments during the week, that made this trip personally impactful and helped me to see the world in a more vivid light.

When I imagine “The First Thanksgiving”, I think of peace and harmony. Then my History complex comes in, I remember all of the rape, cannibalism, and disease spreading that happened in the years before “The First Thanksgiving” ruin my picture perfect scene. The Pilgrims did not have a farming aspect when they came to The New Colony but with the help of the Native Americans they learned how to survive. When I was younger we always were taught that this time, in history, everyone got along and they were happy. The Pilgrims came to have religious freedom and not to be treated as second class citizens. This is a notable act but they had various pathogens that they were immuned to but the Natives were not. Historians say that the pathogens that

Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for all of our rights and the things that we have. We are very thankful to come home every day to a nice home with food and water, some people don’t have the nice things that we have. The rights that I am thankful for as a citizen of this country are the freedom of religion and the freedom of speech.

A day before Thanksgiving in 1971 a guy that called himself Dan Cooper boarded the NorthWest Airlines on flight 305. He was in a wearing a dark suit with a black business-like tie. While Dan was in the airplane he opened a brief case and showed the flight attendant a bomb. When the plane landed in Seattle, Dan demanded $200,000 in cash, four parachutes, and food for the crew. He let the passengers off the plane but left three pilots and a flight attendant on board. The crew in the airplane headed South of Seattle while it was dark and drizzling. 45 minutes after takeoff Dan sent the flight attendant to the cockpit while he was putting on the parachute. Dan also tied the money to himself and lowered the back stairs and somewhere in Portland

Teachers have exposed students to different stories about the pilgrims. Textbooks picks one reason and presents them as facts. Different stories have been told for example the hijacking story, how the pilgrims adopted the Mayflower to avoid rebellion. The Pilgrims are described as a “pious and moral band who laid the antecedents of our democratic tradition.” (6- Loewen) They are also described as Christian, sober, democratic, generous to the Indians, God thanking. Apparently, these could not be true. Historians have chosen to omit the facts and not talk about the African slaves, Spanish and Indians. The Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts

It was interesting reading you essay about your take on Thanksgiving. I enjoyed how you incorporated some history about Thanksgiving in your essay. I feel that taking a moment to remember why we have Thanksgiving, and to appreciate the history is significant. “Description may be defined as the act of capturing people, places, events, objects, and feelings in words so that a reader (or listener) can visualize and respond to them.” "(K. Flachmann M. Flachmann). I feel as though you accomplished the task by combining history with personal experiences to capture the reader and maintain their attention throughout the description of Thanksgiving. I did have a picture of all the food in my head and I felt that I could almost smell the food being prepared

Four days and 1,304 miles can be the experience of a lifetime. Driving through California, up to the forest was breathtaking. I saw trees mix together until massive trees towered over us. Although the trees are tall and straight, they have knots and grooves in the bark. Some of the trees have rough char marks from past fires. The gigantic trees are thick around the base and rise like skyscrapers; the canopy blocking out the sun. The forest air has a sense of damp earth and nature with cool mist everywhere; the surroundings are calm and relaxing.

My family and I had boarded an hour long bus ride that rode to Sequoia National Park. As usual I kept my eyes closed during the trip, so I wouldn't have felt motion sick. I was excited for The General Sherman because its the biggest tree to exist being 275 feet I had no music to listen play, so I sat in silence. While riding I looked out the window to see morning sunlight shining. when we arrived I stood out smelling the scent the redwoods created, and breathed fresh air, After checking the parks map we decided on taking a bus closer to The General Sherman. we gave our thanks to our driver exiting the bus; following the main path we learned about the parks history, and also got to talk many travelers enjoying the trip like us. I was using

I hope your Thanksgiving day was delicious and fun. Attached is the TRF for Robbie Majors training in January 2018 along with my personal worksheet showing cost estimates. Since Ashley already provide the classroom and logistics details I did not enclose those documents, but if you desire them please communicate and I will send.

This paper explores a discussion about the Psychological Benefits of Our Thanksgiving Rituals. Four experts in the field of psychology, who specialized in family traditions, convened in a roundtable discussion about what ritual means in the subject of Thanksgiving. The four psychologists who were involved in this discussion are: First is Anne Fishel, an associate clinical professor of psychology and author of the book “Home for dinner”, Second is Janine Roberts, a family therapist, a professor emerita of family therapy at University of Massachusetts-Amherst and author of (Family Routines and Rituals), Third is Barbara Flese, psychologist and author of (Family Routines and Rituals), and Lastly Bill Doherty, professor of family social science from The University of Minnesota. This article was written originally for The Conversation, which is a newsletter online that provides informed news analysis and commentary that can be read and republished. Published on November 24, 2015. This particular articles was republished in U.S. News World Report. In this paper, I examine the discussion between the four psychologists and critique the different views of thanksgiving rituals and how it benefits psychologically.

Thanksgiving is fast approaching. Every year, my family and I sit around the table, thankful and grateful of our current situation. We live in a nice, cozy house and this year, our family is hosting a feast with our relatives. There will be a on a whole array of festive food- creamy mashed potatoes with gravy, buttery corn roasted to perfection with a side of flakey biscuits and candied yam. Of course, I can’t forget about the turkey and stuffing; Thanksgiving wouldn’t be the same for us without it. The whole house will be decorated, and all the children will put on their fancy clothes. I can almost hear the faint sound of Charlie Brown coming from the TV in the background. We have it good, but the same cannot be said for the Indigenous people. To me, it’s a holiday where I can spend time with my family. To them, it’s a yearly, painful reminder of the genocide of their people. This year will not be any different for them. This Thanksgiving, they will be sitting out in the freezing cold, protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline to protect their land and the land of millions of people.

“Every Thanksgiving I travel to Saint Louis Missouri to stay with my grandmother. Our first day off school for Thanksgiving break, be begin packing for our trip. I had ordered a black Columbia jacket that was supposed to arrive that Wednesday, so I hoped it would come before we left. My brother in college comes to decatur and brings his dog Dino (pronounced deno) so we can travel together. That day all we had to do was wait on my brother Anthony to come back from his Richland classes. It took a couple more hours than we were expecting, and everyone got impatient. I felt slightly ticked but also glad my jacket came before we left.

Please join us as we celebrate Thanksgiving our girls will be serving a wonderful array of foods of course we'll have turkey and dressing mashed potatoes and all the fixings dessert and tea and linade.

While children are growing up in America, they are told several tales of America’s establishment and history. However, these stories are generally not told as they actually happened. An instance of this is the story of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is explained as this elaborate ceremony where the Pilgrims and Indians gathered in harmony at this large harvest in celebration of their coming together. According to the primary document of William Bradford’s journal, Thanksgiving didn’t pan out quite as it is explained to Americans today. In the film, The Addams Family Values, the Addams children take part in a traditional, yet misconceived celebration of the first Thanksgiving. This