Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s strange as I progress into college, though. First of all, it isn’t much of a “Break� per se, as it is looming behind Finals week and end of the quarter. It’s hard to separate oneself from the academic stresses for a few days of family, just to be thrown in again full-force on Monday. Secondly, as one gets older, family changes more and more, and consequently so do holidays. People pass away or move or get divorced…and people can be added on as well, through marriage or adoption or birth. As I become an adult and precious holidays my family members take on new meaning, the group gets ever smaller. My sister, who just got married and moved to Texas this summer, won’t be coming home for Thanksgiving this year. Who can with the price of flights? I find myself connected to my older family members better than ever. However, I also sense a disconnect from the younger generation in my family and my childhood ideal of the holidays….and see less and less people around the dinner table. Regardless, and although I will be missing my sister more than I ever thought I would, I am thankful for the family I have and I am looking forward to the memories I will have with them this coming weekend.