Thursday, December 12, 2013

14 B – What I am thankful for

What I am thankful for
I am thankful for my family, and spending the holidays with my family.  It was very nice to go home and spend time with my family, and the holiday traditions that we have. My great-grandparents come up from New York for thanksgiving. They are ninety and ninety-two years old.  We go to my grandparents for dinner.  Everyone asks me about college.  In listening to my great grandparents talk about how life was when they were my age, it made me very thankful for everything I have and the opportunities that I have. Life is certainly a lot different now than it was over seventy years ago. I hear them talk about when they got their first radio in their house when they were young, and how they got their first television.  It makes you more appreciative for what you have.  For example, they were amazed at my brother’s I-pad and how it worked.  They were even playing solitaire on it, which was really something.

  I am thankful for the fact that I am able to attend college and for my college experience at Southern. I have struggled a bit during my first semester at college.  It has taken me a while to get adjusted to balancing my time in order to get everything done that I have to, but I believe I am doing better.  I want to succeed in college and strive to have a good future.  I look at my great grandfather, and he had a great job as an accountant and has been retired for over 30 years.  In my opinion he is someone to be thankful for.  He provided a great role model to our family.  I enjoy spending time with them and hearing the stories of how things were years ago, and realizing how much technology has evolved over the years.

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