就是亂碼

下雨的感恩節，還是要記得感謝那些生命裡，值得感恩的人，事，物．．
A Rainy Thanksgiving...
Could this Thanksgiving day get anymore dreary? It's been raining since yesterday and there's no sign of it breaking. With less than an hour of day light left, it might as well rain until dawn. This is my first Thanksgiving day away from home and away from my immediate family. My mother insisted I join her, but the thought of being bumper to bumper on highway 95 was not worth a day of turkey gluttony. Induced tryptophan or none, I've decided to stay in the city with myself..
No, we won't be attending anyone's Turkey dinner nor a pre-fix dinners in some fancy smancy place along with strangers. Just a smaller dinner I will prepare for myself...

"Living is easy with your eyes closed"... Last night, as I were walking in Chelsea, a gayborhood in the westside of Manhattan, I opened my eyes and wondered how many people are staying in the city "not by choice". How many people are spending their Thanksgiving with their surrogate city family and friends? How many have been shunned away by immediate families due to their sexual orientation? How many gay or lesbian individuals are spending their Turkey day in an alternative traditional dinner with like-minded friends? It's a sad reality to think that some have escaped to the city only to realize that holidays such as Thanksgiving will remind them of what they're missing or have lost. With your eyes wide shut, is the grass really greener on the other side?
Early on, I wanted to write a post about giving thanks, instead, I'm thinking of all the people out there minus the Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving dinner. I've a feeling I'm not alone.
Thanksgiving is an American tradition, something my family did not adopted completely despite being in the United States since 1982. We've had some Thanksgiving dinner gathering throughout the years but nothing you see marketed and packaged like on television. No, we were never anything like that. I'm not ashamed of it. Perhaps when I was younger, but the truth is, that was my experience and I've accepted it. I'm not complaining at all. Just because I'm not like every other traditional/conventional family doesn't make our family less like one. No, not at all.
Unfortunately for some, Thanksgiving is a sad reminder for many without their family especially for our troops out in the Middle East. For many, Thanksgiving brings family together. To some it's a time to patch up or catch up. To some it's just another day off. However, no matter how you spend it, open your eyes and at least give thanks to whatever you may be thankful of. Thanksgiving is very much a day of reflecting and giving thanks to all that you are grateful for...

Again, "living is easy with your eyes closed"...it can be interpreted in so many ways, even for this day. When you have found your thanks...then you have opened your eyes while helping those who listen to see as well.

Thanks everyone for stopping by :)