Home for Thanksgiving Rewrite

This Thanksgiving was a lot different than the previous Thanksgivings that I have had. This time was the first time that I did see some relatives in quite some time. When I was in grades 1-12 I would always see my family from around where I lived quite often. Now since I have moved on to college, and do not live that close to home, seeing my aunt, uncles, cousins and grandparents that I have not seen in a while felt different. I felt more mature and was able to talk to my relatives more as an adult. I was happy to see my relatives but at the same time did not feel like a little kid anymore. I used to go run up to them and just ask for things but now seeing them after going through almost a semester of college I felt like my role has changed.

I have felt more like an adult and mature because I have gotten to see and have many experiences from students from around the world. These experiences have given me a sense of more maturity and have felt more comfortable to talk with relatives about more personal issues. My relatives went to college and have been through some of the same things I am going through. Being able to talk to them about my college experience so far was something that felt great and I am happy that I did. I talked to them more about like what they experienced during their freshmen year, roommate conflicts, fraternity things, academics beyond freshmen year, the tests they took, bad professors, good professors, and the social aspect of college.

For Thanksgiving did you talk to any of your relatives about some of the same things that I did?

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I did make a comment on CEC's blog on November 29th about the Wal-Mart employee who did get trampled.