Family Dinner

It is Thanksgiving Day and the odd thing is, is that my mom is not home. My dad, sister and I are going to pick her up from the airport in a few hours. Usually on this holiday my family hosts a large crowd at my house for dinner, including my grandparents, aunt, uncle and two cousins. But this Thanksgiving it is different. My mom is coming home from China today. My mom is a patent lawyer and after a long, hard project that, to me, seemed to take a year, a trial in China was held. My mom was an essential part of this trial and had to be there. She was gone in China for about a week and a half and I was excited to pick her up because I missed her. By the time we picked up my mom it was about 7:30 at night, but we hadn’t had dinner yet. On the way home we stopped at McCormick and Schmick’s for our Thanksgiving dinner. The food was still good but it was nothing like my mom’s turkey and mashed potatoes. When my mom, dad, sister and I sat down at the white table-clothed table in the dark, not homey restaurant, I thought how truly blessed I am for my family. My mom was gone about a week and a half and my life was totally different during that time because my mom helps me a lot in my daily routine. There was no one to help me with my homework or make my lunch for school. All I could think about was that some kids don’t have parents and that I am so thankful for mine.