You can’t say thanksgiving (chuseok) without mentioning family. This year I find myself viewing the word family in a different perspective, a non-traditional way. My friend, Moon, says that with each year we grow older, but also more clearer on things. What I know today, will definitely change next year, or be more refined. I’ve come to realize that the people who make me feel the most comfortable, the most myself, are now family to me. At times blood family won’t always be where you can be comfortable, this has been hard to accept, but since I’m smiling as I type this, it seems I have come to accept it.
Thanksgiving this year was having some alone time, being in an absolute quiet space. I value these moments because they’re a source of strength. My old, old friends who are now staying with me made lunch, that ran into afternoon, and into dinner. I’m amazingly grateful that I’m laughing easier having them around. Gosh, a good laugh will truly put you in a great mood. You don’t realize how lonely you are, until you have someone calling you to ask how your day is and when they don’t do it once, you miss it and wonder how you lived without that call before.
I’m babbling now on the good fortune that has moved into my house.
Happy Chuseok! (Korean Thanksgiving) and cheers to you!
Sui Writes 
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