Thanksgiving
A letter I wrote for a friend on this Thanksgiving who’s been by my side through my dark times:
My Spanish teacher started class today by reading us an article about Thanksgiving, and there was one quote that I really liked. I’m probably doing a terrible job of translating/paraphrasing, but it went something like this. “Thanksgiving is about forgetting the things that you’ve done for other people, and remembering what you’ve received.” I pulled a Kyle for a lot of the class and just zoned out thinking about the past couple months and the things people had done here and there to genuinely love and care for me, but to be honest, most of the time I was thinking about you and so many of the things you’ve done to keep me on my feet and moving forward. You’ve seen me in my worst states and seen a side of me that is the epitome of a VDP (very draining person). Even when I get tired of myself, you promised that you’d never leave me. I want to say ‘thank you,’ but for me, just ‘thank you’ doesn’t come anywhere close to how I want to say that I thank you. But here’s a list of some of things that I want to thank you for on this Thanksgiving:
Thank you for chili nights.
Thank you for listening to me tell the Final Fantasy story.
Thank you for the afternoon in Queens with the food cart and UFC chicken.
Thank you for Mr. Curiosity.
Thank you for oatmeal pies.
Thank you for the Oren’s coffee beans.
Thank you for drooling on my pillow.
Thank you for all the half-eaten HamDel sandwiches you let me eat.
Thank you for your sticky-note encouragements.
Thank you for reminding, or sometimes forcing, me to eat.
Thank you for going to church with me when I wouldn’t have gone on my own.
Thank you for making sure that I go to sleep on my bad nights.
Thank you for “one day at a time.”
Thank you for staying up with me when I just need someone to talk to.
Thank you for smiling and laughing when I can’t do it on my own.
Thank you for being someone I can trust.
I read this list through after I had written it, and I started crying. It reminded me that God still loves me. Thank you the most for that.
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