My Memoir...

A memoir according to Dictionary.com is "an account of the personal experiences of an author.", it can also be an epiphany. A memoir is more than just learning about an experience that happened to an author...it is actually a glimpse into the heart of the author as they open themselves to a memory/experience that they learned from. Sometimes these experiences are bad ones, sometimes they are good ones, but either way the author is letting you in on an episode in their lives that would otherwise be left untold.
Over Thanksgiving break I had a sort of epiphany that I have decided to tuck away in my mind as an experience of learning. It's an important thing to me...and it is family. The things and people in this world are temporary, so family needs to be cherished. I learned over Thanksgiving break to appreciate and cherish my family because they are the type of people that through my journey of life will see me grow up and have known me since I was small.
Another epiphany was I learned how blessed I actually am. People all the time say to "count your blessings" or around the family table the popular statement is asked "why don't we go around the table and say what we are thankful for". Though that is good, is it really getting to the heart of the matter. How blessed are we really? This summer I was fortunate enough to go to Haiti. Upon getting to go to Haiti and then sitting around a table full of food here at home, I realized that I am so thankful for the things that God has blessed me with. I think when you are little the teachers cram into your head all the things that you are thankful for. One most popular item is food, which I thoroughly enjoy!! On the other hand, this year I realized that it was not the festive food over break that made me enjoy it, but instead the people I spent it with and the memories that we created. That is the memoir or epiphany I had and in my mind...it was a good one :)