Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving: the expression of gratitude, especially to God.

This year I’m thankful for a lot: I’m thankful to live in America where I can get a great education. I’m thankful for the medicine we have today, because without it I would probably be dead. I’m thankful for the family that adopted me. And most of all, I’m thankful for having such a great mother growing up, she really taught me what a hardworking, educated, fighter looks like.

There’s a lot to be thankful for this year, don’t let petty fights tear a family apart. Don’t forget to tell your loved ones how much you are thankful for them. And I hope all of you have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Vacation

San Francisco (2014)

Family vacations have always been my favorite part of my life. I’ve created so many memories from church services at sunset in Hawaii, to watching fireworks on the Fourth of July in D.C., to taking ferry rides around the San Francisco Bay. I learned at a young it’s important to travel and see as much as you could. My mother didn’t have much money as child, she didn’t get to travel nearly as much as she should have. While I was growing up she made sure that every summer we had somewhere to go, so we could see all the world has to offer us. I know that if my mother was here today she would tell me to go out, see the world, live life the way she taught us to live it.