Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all have a wonderful day. Mine just ended and I have to say it was the best Thanksgiving I've ever spent away from Family (of course it's the ONLY one I've spent away from family!). We were invited over to Scot (US) and Melanie's (England) house for Thanksgiving. After school we headed into Derha Doon. Once we got here we all got in the kitchen and laughed and talked our way through an "American" Indian thanksgiving. Chicken for turkey, a cornbread stuffing, corn-tomato-onion salad, mashed potatoes (that Amanda and I just couldn't get to taste "Like Mom's"), greenbean casserole, chow mein, pumpkin pie, coke floats, and chocolate chip cookies. It was a lovely feast. We all felt that familiar "thanksgiving" stomach ache from eating so much. there was even a family with three little girls (5, 2, and 9 months) and their girly little chatter and laughter made it feel like home. We played games and talked and ate. It was a lovely day and the excitement of going to a party helped to keep the homesick feelings at bay. It was so wonderful of Scot and Melanie to open up their home to us (they are also letting us spend the night and use their internet!). I want to be that open with my home someday, to remember the hospitality that has been so comforting here!


Some of the top things I am thankful for:
~Amanda, Ruth, Kelly and Nibha: Friends that make living here possible!
~My family and getting to see them in just a few weeks
~For wonderful friends back home (Angela, Madison and Riley especially)
~For getting to live in India
~For JOY




*~*~*~HAPPY THANKSGIVING~*~*~*