Hello faithful readers! My apologies for a belated Thanksgiving post. Apparently this time of year is a crazy one no matter where in the world you are. Nevertheless, your update has arrived!
As you all know, a few weeks ago we all celebrated Thanksgiving, which is a time when we come together, cook, eat, and remember all that for which we are thankful. Although we were without our actual families this year, we all came together as one big BECA family and had a celebration to remember. Thanksgiving here was a very beautiful day filled with delicious foods and savory desserts. All 18 of us (minus Mr. Ken, who was back in the States for a med school interview) came together and cooked a dish, making for a potluck dinner that served some 30+ people: all the North American and Honduran teachers, as well as some friends and employees of the school.
As second grade SMBS teacher Miss Jessica put it, “It was a colossal potluck effort to share the best American holiday with our Honduran compañeros!”
We had the actual dinner in the large auditorio of SJBS. We gathered together all the tables and chairs we could, lit some candles, hung up our Thanksgiving paper chains and hand turkeys, and celebrated in style. We had everything from oreo pie to green bean casserole, but the real treat was the ACTUAL TURKEY that was acquired in San Pedro especially for the occasion.
Unfortunately for me, I had awoken at 4 a.m Thanksgiving morning with some sort of awful and mysterious stomach problem and could not eat a thing. But considering I spent most of Thanksgiving unable to get out of bed (or go an hour without throwing up), I was just grateful I could be there to share in the experience.
Like all Thanksgivings, the day full of much reflection and giving of thanks. For starters, I was thankful for another wonderful year of life; I was thankful for knowing both of my parents; I was thankful for a family that hasn’t hasn’t been forcibly separated by economic hardship; I was thankful for my friends; I was thankful for growing up in a safe and comfortable house; I was thankful for opportunity; I was thankful for my education; I was thankful for a country that protects me and gives me so many basic human liberties; but more than anything, I was thankful for the 18 amazing people I get to work with every day, for everything these past 5 months have taught me, and for my 25 beautiful little kids who have already shown me so much about life and this world we live in.
And I am thankful that I still have another 6 more months to go.
Hope y’all had a wonderful Thanksgiving full of friends, family, and lots of laughter.
