While Thanksgiving is a day of gratitude, for me, Thanksgiving also has been synonymous with reunions and spending time with family. As the years pass, I’ve started to realize that this may not be the case for everyone. What a shocker right? (That was sarcasm by the way, it doesn’t translate well via text).

Thanksgiving can mean family, food, tradition, or simply be another Thursday… And it’s all valid.

I flew down to Miami this week to spend time with my family when a loved one passed away. There I discovered something about myself. I love people from afar. There's so many people that I root for as I see their struggles and their accomplishments. I love them dearly and I'm sure a majority of them are not even aware of it.