this thanksgiving....

          This thanksgiving was definitely a little different than usual but it was still great. I didn't really experience any anti-body practices. Although, since my stepsister is always trying to look better than me i dolled myself up. I was not uncomfortable but i was cold. I know i could have dressed up warmer but looking good had its price. Body-centered practices occur on an everyday basis. They occur when we brush our teeth, brush our hair, shower, put on lotion, make-up, lip gloss, etc. So everybody pretty much spent time doing body-centered practices.
          Thanksgiving is special especially for those whom celebrate it. It is special because it is the only day we give our body the greatest pleasure by eating all we want. We get to stuff our faces feasting on food that's cooked that day. Normally i would spend thanksgiving with my family in LA. But now that i live in NY it is distinct. Last year i spent thanksgiving at my house with my mom and sisters. We did not even cook. Pizza was ordered with a side of chips and soda. As we ate we watched television. I expected this year to be the same because i enjoyed it last year. Turns out mom is now married!!!!!!!!! So instead, this year we spent it at my stepfathers moms house. I baked one of my famous flans and my mom cooked ham. We arrived at their house around 6:00pm. When we arrived we bumped into lots of his family members. Since i am vegetarian, i only had mashed potato, rice, and cole slaw.For dessert i had some pie. Everyone else had some pie and my flan. Which they loved ! Food was good. Around 12am midnight i went o my bestfriend stevens house. We watched movies with 2 other friends of ours, dio, and mimi.
          Even though we do have have a member who passed away, my great grandma, i dont think she was remembered or at least brought up. There were only 2 elderly women. Henry's (stepfather) mom and great grandmother. His mom looked great, although his grandmother seemed ill. She walked very slowly, had a runny nose, and a bad cough. besides that everybody seemed fine.

Hw 17 First thoughts on unit.

  I have had experiences in the past with illness but not many with deaths. When i was younger i got the tip of my finger and nail cut off with the door. I was too scared and did not want surgery. Therefore i let it grow on its own. I was disgusted by it though so my mom would clean it for me. Not once did i look at it until it started healing. The only experience where i had to stay in the hospital was with a ruptured cyst. The pain was so intense i needed to take tons of pain killers. They put me under ivy. The death experience i had was with my great grandmother. She was in her 80's. I'm not exactly sure what the real reason was but i know that she had many illnesses that lead to her unfortunate death.
       I wasn't taught a specific way of perceiving death or illnesses. i know god has given me the opportunity to be here, so there must be a reason for it. Just like living, death is a part of life. We don't know when our day will come, we just know that it will. My family knows it's part of life that's why i view that way. Although, there are such things as illnesses that can shorten your life time. Unfortunately, illnesses affect one in different ways depending on what you have. if your lucky the illness will be temporary but if unlucky it can be the reason for your death.
       An unusual perspective i have of death is getting shot or getting hit by a car. For some reason every time i am outside sometimes i feel strange and unprotected. I feel like someone is going to hurt me. I don't know if its just my imagination i don't know what it is but i feel like getting shot is one of my great fears.If i could choose my death i would totally pick to die in my sleep. A greater fear i guess i have is dying in pain. I want to die in a calm, peaceful, and painless way. I don't want to hurt i just want to not wake up one day. I know it would be a happy death.As for my health i don't think i have any unusual perspectives. In my life time i hop to not encounter myself with any life taking illnesses. I want to live a nice life.