It's hard to believe that Thanksgiving is coming next week. The year 2008 will be gone soon.
A lot of things happened this year. Renee moved back to San Francisco from Chico (so far, we lived apart longer than we lived together), I finally graduated from school and got a postdoc position in Emeryville. We moved to the East Bay just before I started new job, not too far away from San Francisco. We also found a new church--my old pastor from Buffalo came to serve in a church not too far away, so we decided to go to his church.
There was a tragedy in my family: my little cousin Timmy was shot and killed the day before Super Bowl game. He was only 17. Since the tragedy, I stopped watching news because whenever shooting victims are on TV, they remind me of Timmy. And several months ago, Renee had a miscarriage. All the excitement of starting a family vanished in a day, but I did not allow myself to be sad about the loss because I wanted to stay strong for her.
So what am I thankful for this year? I know what I am supposed to be thankful for... but really, what am I thankful for?
