this is the second thanksgiving in a row that i have had to spend away from home and family, and yes, i am starting to rue this fact quite a bit, even though there is nothing i can do about it. just got off the phone with them not too long ago, and everything is still how i remember it.....
grandma made her italian turkey.
aunt stephanie made that delic cheesy potato casserole.
uncle dan brought his deck of cards for the spades tourney.....so on and so forth. if only they could see me now, if only i could see them now. i cant help but feeling that i am missing out on something that i can never get back by not being there to watch my brothers, sisters, and cousins growing up and being there for them.
so....what are you thankful for, chad? i am thankful that even in my absence, my extended family is still as close-knit as it has ever been. family has always been something that i hold dear to my heart, and am glad that amongst the many, many things in this world that change....family is one that i can always count on having to come home to.
what else chad? i cant forget to be thankful for your small group of friends. nowhere else in the world could i ever in a million years expect to meet such a fine circle of people than right here in the marine corps. we have been together since day one. we have gone through the same suffering side by side....all without muttering a single word, but knowing exactly what the other was thinking. we trust each other with our lives and would go to hell with a gascan in hand for one another. yesterday sucked, today sucks, tommorow is going to suck, and this seems to be a pretty solid forecast for the rest of our enlistment, but weve got each other. and that is therapy in of itself.
happy thanksgiving!
im going to get a turkey wrap from subway and then go to the beach.
grandma made her italian turkey.
aunt stephanie made that delic cheesy potato casserole.
uncle dan brought his deck of cards for the spades tourney.....so on and so forth. if only they could see me now, if only i could see them now. i cant help but feeling that i am missing out on something that i can never get back by not being there to watch my brothers, sisters, and cousins growing up and being there for them.
so....what are you thankful for, chad? i am thankful that even in my absence, my extended family is still as close-knit as it has ever been. family has always been something that i hold dear to my heart, and am glad that amongst the many, many things in this world that change....family is one that i can always count on having to come home to.
what else chad? i cant forget to be thankful for your small group of friends. nowhere else in the world could i ever in a million years expect to meet such a fine circle of people than right here in the marine corps. we have been together since day one. we have gone through the same suffering side by side....all without muttering a single word, but knowing exactly what the other was thinking. we trust each other with our lives and would go to hell with a gascan in hand for one another. yesterday sucked, today sucks, tommorow is going to suck, and this seems to be a pretty solid forecast for the rest of our enlistment, but weve got each other. and that is therapy in of itself.
happy thanksgiving!
im going to get a turkey wrap from subway and then go to the beach.
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Glad you're enjoying Kbay. Lots of guys there forget that they're in Hawaii.