What are you thankful for

By ANGELINA GERVASIO

Thanksgiving is around the corner ... what are you thankful for?

I am thankful that I live in a great country, where we can believe in what we want and not get killed for it. I am thankful for the brave men and women that are out protecting us from the terrorists that would be more than happy to kill us all or take our freedoms away. 

I am thankful I am getting an education, even though sometimes I found myself bored at school and I would rather not be there. And above all, I am thankful that I have a family that loves me and cares for me. Sometimes it may not seem like it when I am punished, but the teachings of right and wrong are vital to living a good life.

I for one, am thankful for the fact I have a roof over my head and food in the fridge, for a mom and dad who love me and a sister who annoys me. I am thankful for my family! 

I am thankful my mom stays home with me and my sister and my dad is working, and not out spending money on drugs while my mom works three jobs to keep us alive (or the other way around). 

It seems as if the more technology we get, the faster cars, the "smarter" computers, we lose touch with the things that really matter, like parents actually raising their kids. We see kids in daycare centers labeled "preschools" who go on expensive vacations to Hawaii and Disney World all the time but never get to spend time with their parents and are being raised by someone who doesn't know them or love them like a mom and dad would. "Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them." 

It is sad to think that the parents believe their "baby" would be happier going on vacations in cool places and having fancy stuff than having the love of their parents. I had a friend who spent most of her young life in day care and then at her grandparents' house when her grandma retired because her parents chose to spend all their time working achieving their careers and to be able to afford the cool stuff, and she was miserable, I mean, who wouldn't be?

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

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