Thanksgiving 2011

I love Thanksgiving. In fact, it is probably my second favorite holiday behind the fourth of July( which is primarily due to the weather). I think the reason I like Thanksgiving so much is because, for my family, it remains the same every year. I have eaten turkey in the same house, watched football on the same couch, and talked with the same people every Thanksgiving for as long as I remember. And that is really cool to me. I think that my reason for enjoying something that never changes is a result of seemingly frequent change in my life. I have moved homes eleven or twelve times, schools about half of that. My time at Henry Clay has been the longest at one school in fact. If I am being honest, I kind of like it. I have made a ton of friends and had some cool experiences along the way, but it can get tiresome. So, within all this change, it is astounding to experience something the exact same way, every year. I always wake up around seven thirty in the morning, it always takes us until around nine before we leave. The drive to Prestonsburg always ends around noon. Dinner always begins at one and Nelson always says Grace. Green Bay and Dallas always play. Malcolm always falls asleep first. Punchbowl Cake always taste delicious. You get the point. Its like a really old building like a castle in Europe or something. An ancient, mammoth piece of architecture scattered throughout the world, so old and solidly built that it has become part of the landscape, no one wondering who built it or why. It just is. And Thanksgiving just is, every year, no matter what.