This year was the first year I did not spend Thanksgiving with my family (last year, I at least spent it with my cousin, her husband, and my aunt and uncle). I was really sad that I could not be home with my parents, brother, and grandparents. However, this year's Thanksgiving festivities were a great blessing and also one I won't be forgetting anytime soon.
I spent the day with my Highrock Brookline family, members of whom have been very important to me the past few months. We had a huge feast of all the traditional Thanksgiving dishes, great conversations, and even got in a good game of football. It was a lot of fun to get out on the field for some fresh air and running. I felt incredibly gratified knowing I have so many people here that I can share my time, love, and faith with.
More importantly, I have found that this past year has been one I am immensely thankful for. From becoming acclimated to Boston to finding my love of the law to regaining my spiritual strength to taking on new challenges I had never expected I would take, I have been so blessed. Everyone around me has had a great impact on me, whether they challenged me to become a better person or shared in my many laughs and cries.
I couldn't have asked for a better year to start defining who I am as an independent woman making her own decisions about who she will become as a daughter, sister, friend, lawyer, and most importantly, friend and stronghold.
Even a year ago, I would not have envisioned myself doing so many of the things I have: become a certified SCUBA diver, trained for a marathon through wind, rain, and snow, advocated for impoverished clients at a clinic, and grown up to be the woman I truly want to be, among a myriad of other wonderful growing experiences.
I cannot wait for all the accomplishments I am going to make, all the people I am going to meet, the love I am going to experience, and all the adventures God has for me.
Happy Thanksgiving.
