Thanksgiving (Assign. 14) Viviana Ortiz

     As far as the holiday goes, my family and I are pretty cookie cutter. We do the whole turkey thing, the stuffing thing, the beans thing, and the thing thing. It's all really just about the food. Besides the eating, there's really no traditions.
     The only semi-interesting fact is that we invite about twenty people over. And none of them are American. We have about 10 Colombians, 1 Argentinian, 1 Spaniard, and some that I'm not exactly sure where they are from. But anyway, thanksgiving starts really when the people start climbing in the door. This year, that was at around 3. We sit around the table and we pray. Sometimes we will go around saying what we are thankful for, but this becomes a little more complicated with the years as the number of people gathered around that table increases. Now comes time for the eating. After we are all full, everyone just hangs out at the house for a couple of hours. This is my favorite part personally. This mix of people from different cultures have become part of my family in the United States. I don't see them all the time, but when I do I'm reminded of how lucky I am to have them. Now, just a little appreciation for my little sister Laura. See, I never got to have a little sibling by blood, but I've known this girl since she was 3 and now it's been 10 years and I love her to death.

So yeah, thanksgiving is a yes for me and my adopted family.