Thanksgiving Profile (house hold family)
Thanksgiving is perhaps the most special of holidays in the Nilles household, but it hasn't always been that way, As a child, I was forced to visit a plethra of family members that barely knew I existed. My brother and I always were the victim of horrible first name mishaps and mistakes, which was funny because I would be called Matt when my brothers name was Mike and, and in turn, Mike was mistakingly called Craig or some other name that wasn't Greg.Confused? Not as confused as I was when I buckled into the family car every 4th Thursday in November.Why did we have to go to Aunt Betty's house in Wisconsin? When would we leave? Why would my dad put me through this? I was more than confused. But as we got older, somethin finally clicked in my dads head. It wasn't about him being happy to see his side of the family anymore, it was about our immediate family getting to spend some more time together. I'm 21, going on 22 in a couple weeks now, my brother is 18, and my sister, Christine, is 17. Now that I have m
When I arrived at my old house in Mundelein, a smile immediately was planted on my face. I knew that there would be no stress, no discomfort this Thankgiving, just catching up with my brother and sister and of course, my parents. There would be no unecessary car rides for infinate amounts of time, no fighting for a fold-up chair come dinner time and no, there would be no children's cartoons plaguing the TV before the feast. It was my family only, finally. This Thanksgiving was the best of them all. Though my sister and I had never been particularly close, growing up and maturing has brought us as close as we have ever been. No longer do conversations with her involve bathroom time and whose turn it is to be on the internet, we talk about school and her success in volleyball. She also will be attending Indiana University with my brother next year. When dinner was fully prepared, we all gathered around the table and took our places. My father and mother trimmed the turkey and produced an obundance of slices of the Thanksgiving mea
Some topics in this essay:
Aunt Betty's,
Indiana University,
Christmas Vacation,
Profile Thanksgiving,
Thanksgiving Real,
Spending Thanksgiving,
Mike Mike,
Greg Confused,
indiana university,
immediate family,
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Approximate Word count = 701
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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