Personal Narrative: Thanksgiving Together

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Thanksgiving Together. I sat quietly lost in my thoughts. It was crazy, how quickly my life could change from one thing to another. First, my dad died in an accident. Next, my mom lost her job. The house foreclosed, we were evicted from our house, and now we are living mostly in my mom’s truck. Before he died, everything had been perfect. I went to a private school, Mom had been happy, we had money for groceries, but all of that had been ripped away from us in a little less than a month. Mom drove without saying a word to me.
“They will call, Hensely,” Mom’s last words to me echoed in my head sarcastically, “Not very likely, but still possible.” My mother still held onto the hope her parents would offer to take us in even though they had lost contact a long time ago after a big fight.
As if she was reading my thoughts, my mother stated quietly, “God will speak to them.” Her determined …show more content…

My grandparents call had consisted of them apologizing, asking for us to come, and promising to take care of us until we could support ourselves. Mom beamed down at me proudly, “I told you so. God takes care of His children just like parents do. Even though your dad is gone, you still have the heavenly Father.”
I hugged her, “I know.” She walked inside the house to talk to her parents for the first time in far too long. I waited for a minute staring up at the sky, “I’m sorry for doubting You. Please take care of my dad, I really miss him.” Inside the house, my grandparents had a big dinner set up. We were just in time for Thanksgiving. I prayed over the food before digging in, “Dear God, thank you for everything you have done for us. We will never be able to thank you enough for sending your son to die for us, or taking care of me and Mom. I hope we can enjoy our time together, but please help my mother get a job soon. Amen.” We began eating happily, and praised God for bringing us all together

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