Journal #26 My Thanksgiving Memoir

A memoir is an account of the personal experiences of an author. This account of personal experience usually includes emotional growth or an epiphany by the end of the memoir. The first thing that I want to say in this memoir is that I had a great Thanksgiving Break and I could not of have a better one. I drove up to Metamora with my dad to see his side of the family. It was my uncle Dick's house so his family came up along with my dad and I, my uncle Tom and his family, and also my uncle Steve. My uncle Dick has bone cancer and it just recently came back. He is not doing too well in his health and he is struggling to get through. It was so hard to see him in bad health and not like his usual self. Also my grandma and grandpa were not able to make the trip up to Metamora, so my dad and I made sure that we saw then before we left and they had somewhere to go for Thanksgiving. Two of my cousins have kids that are between three and four months so it was really great to see them. There was also a five year old and a three year old running around the house. I got up there on Wednesday night, watched some basketball, went to bed, got up on Thursday, had breakfast, then ate lunch, and finally relaxed a little before I had to be at my mom’s house. It was so great to basically all of my dad’s family all together to celebrate and give thanks. It also showed me how much it means to people to see their family and be with them on holidays such as Thanksgiving. I especially know how much my uncle Dick enjoyed having everyone there at his house to give him company through this tough time, and that showed me just how much a warm, friendly, and familiar face can really cheer someone up. I just hope that in some way I made my uncle happy, and I think that all my family being there, myself included, really cheered him up.