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 * Thanksgiving**

(A Hawaiian girl named Laylanie) wants (her past way mom back ) because (she misses her love and wisdom), but (soon she will be moving to Paris because of her dad's job). The Thanksgiving Dinner

Laylanie was born in Hawaii on November 22th 1996. She grew up in a town where the sunshine, the sound of waves, and the sound of birds would wake her up in the mornings. Laylanie mostly love the kisses her mom gave her every morning excatly before her eyes would open. Her mom was the wisest, most sweet, kind, faithful, genorous, beautiful women she had ever met. Laylanie was so thankful to God for having the most wonderful mom. Her mom every morning made the most delicious breakfast, and walked her to school. Laylanie always loved to be acompanied by her mom, as she always had fun things to talk about and advices to give her for her to have a great day. Above all her mom reminded Laylanie everyday to always be thankful for what she had, for the one more day of life God had given her, for the friends she had, for being able to have an education, and most of all for being able to have a family. Laylanie's mom grew up in a poor town in Costa Rica, before she immigrated to Hawaii she grew up in hard conditions without the support of her parents; as they had died when she was a baby.

One day on Laylanie's fifteenth birthday her mom started to face heart problem symptoms, every day she would be more and more tired. As weeks passed Laynaie's dad, Nicolas was the one to come into her room and wake her up. Laylanie would go to her mom's room every morning to see how she was doing, her mom would always have a smile on her face. As Laylanie approched her, her mom would give her a kiss and tell her, " remember my angel, be thankful with what you have today, I hope you have the most wonderful day at school." Laylanie would walked to school and pray for her mom's heart to be cured. She would have a conversation with God and tell him, " God please, please, please don't take my mom. Take me instead, I give my heart to her, I give my life, my body, anything she needs I give to her. God I love her, if she leaves I will die too. Please forgive me with what I say, I just want to let you know that I am eternaly thankful for the wonderful mom you gave me and the wonderful times I got to spend with her." She would walk back home and repeat the same things. She would get home and she would spend all evening long with her mom, and would tell her thank you for all the help and love she had given her. Laylanie would also ask her mom's forvieness if any time she had made her mad, her mom just replied, " I love you with all my heart, anything you have done that you think was bad I forgive you, and thank you for being such a wonderful daughter." Months passes and Laylanied would go throught the same routine of going to school and coming back home to be with her mom.

On April 25th Laylanie woke up crying and screaming, she had a dream where she was at her mom's funeral. That day Laylanie went to school sobbing, there where gray clouds everywhere, that morning no bird sounds had been heard, the waves were all stirred up, and the sun had not come out. In school Laylanie could not concentrate on anything else but her mom at home. That afternoon walking back home Laylanie felt an enormous hurt on her heart, she did not understand why it was there. As she got closer home she got nervous, then she started shaking. When she saw a doctor and an ambulance outside her door, she was shocked and her body could not move. Her dad was kneeled down screaming while some men held him. Laylanie's ears went deaf, she could not hear what her dad was saying. Her heart pounded, her blood was moving through her vains faster than the speed of sound, her heart ached and her knees trembeled. She could not speak, but sudenly heavy rain came, and Laylanie found herself running to the ambulance. She reapeated in her mind, " Is she dead?, what happened?, why today?, why was I not there?" So many questions filled up her head. When she got to the ambulance two men tried to stop her, but Laylanie with all her foce pushed them away. She pushed them so hard that one of the men fell out from the ambulance and hit his arm on the ground that his arm was dislocated. Laylanie saw her mom with a white mantel on top, her hands shaked, she took the mantel out from her mom's head hoping that her mom would be breathing. Uncontrolable tears started running down her cheecks, she started shaking fearsously, her mom layed down on the small bed.

Two years later after her mom's death, Laylanie was starting to look at colleges to attend. She knew what excatly she wanted to be. She wanted to work on a laboratory to find ways to prevent heart disease. For that summer Laylanie looked very much forward to spendind time with her dad surfing. Her dad was a busniess men that worked for a computer company. Both of them had gotten closer since the death of their beloved person, each morning they would wake up early and walk through the beach, they would see the sun rise and would say to God, " Thank you for one more day of life, and for letting us be together." Laylanie would go to school, come home, and spend time with her dad. Nicolas and herself would go to their favorite restaurant every Friday, they would talk for hours and hours about their day at work and school. They would talk about life, school, and the things Maria (the mom) would be saying to make them laugh. They would always have the greatest time together, Laylanie would especailly have a fun time with her friends, as they would always comment that Nicolas was a very handsome man. Laylanie would always laugh and say that she was very fortunate to have such a caring and hard-working dad.

Three weeks before summer vacation Nicolas told Laylanie that they were both moving away for a job offer he had gotten. Laylanie was soon going to turn 18, but she wanted to spend as much time with her dad before she had to go off to college. Laylanie could not imagine herself on another place that wasn't her tropical Hawaii, she had never been away from her dear home, and definetily she didn't want to move away from her friends, country, and her mom's memories. Laylanie still had a very hard time trying not to cry herself to sleep remembering the great times she spend with her mom, especially the time she spend visiting different places in Hawaii with her. Two weeks before Laylanie moved to Paris she had a big argument with her dad, she didn't wanted to move to Paris where there was dramatic clamatical change and where the city was full of pollution and cars. She wanted to stay close to her mom's memories, she wanted to always be able to go every Sunday after church and visit her mom's grave. That evening Laylanie hurt her dad's feelings very much, she knew she was acting childish but she didn't care, she wanted to stay home. That night Laylanie thought of what she had said and went to her dad's room, before she entered the door Laylanie heard him talking to someone. The voice of that person seemed to be a females voice, at first Laylanie thought it was the secratery of the new company her dad was going to be working for. As Laylanie got closer to the door she could hear the woman telling Nicolas that she could not wait to meet his daughter and himself. Before hanging the phone the women's voice said three words, words that Laylanie had never heard from someone else but her mom saying them to her dad. The women said, " I love you." and Nicolas reponded, " thank you." He would not repond back, but he would have a smile on his face. Laylanie was furious, thought of going in and slaping her dad on the face, but then she thought. Well if he thinks he can get away without telling me anything about his new friend, I will have to go and meet this person to tell her personally that she was with a man who was still deeply in love with her mom, and only wanted to spend a fun time with her.

A week before moving to Paris, Nicolas still had not told her about the new friend he had. Laylanie waited paciently for him to tell her, but time passed and he would not tell her anything. Laylanie tried to act as if nothing was goign on, but deep inside she had such rage toward her dad. Three days before moving Laylanie apologize for what she had said on the night about not wanting to go to Paris, her dad understood and told her that a surprise was waiting for her at Paris. The day came to move, and Laylanie was very angry, she spoked not a word to her dad the whole way to the airport. Hours passed and soon they came to Paris, Laylanie felt a joy in her heart, but at the same time she felt angry at her dad. Soon they got their bags and headed for the airports' door. Before they reached the door a very beautiful women, with long brown hair, and dark green eyes was waiting and smiling at them. She raised her arms and spoke in Freanch, she hugged Laylanie first and then gave a kiss to Nicolas in the cheek. She had a thick English accent and spoke very fast. Nicolas told Laylanie to meet his long distance aunt, she was his stepsister. For the last ten months they had been kept in contact to see if they could come and live with her for a little while until they could fine a place to stay in. Laylanie was shocked, she was very mad at herself and just wanted to slap her own face right there. Laylanie turned to her aunt Anastasia, and hugged her. She was very thankful to have met a relative that was very kind and felt love for someone she had never met. Anastasia told her that while her dad was working they would go to museums, shopping, and go to eat at one of the finest restaurants in Paris. Laylanie was very happy that she was going to spend such a wonderful time with her aunt. She was very much looking forward to having a great summer, and returning home for her to attend college. Before Laylanie came to Paris, she came to an agreement with her dad that she would spend the whole summer with him in Paris, but then she would return home to go to college.

The days passed and each day, Anastasia and Laylanie would do different activities and have the most fun. Sometime Nicolas would go with them to drink tea at the La Rive Gauche restaurant. The summer was almost over, and Anastasia was preparing a special going away dinner for Laylanie. That evening Laylanie came from the grocery store and balloons were everywhere, she also saw girfts on the sofa. As she went to the dining room, Anastasia and Nicolas were waiting for her, and screamed, " Surprised!" Laylanie was very happy and she felt a joy she had not felt since her mom's death. Her heart was full of joy and tears started to form in her eyes, she felt that she was once again loved. She felt that a piece of her mom reflected on Anastasia's kind heart. Full of joy she hugged both Anastasia and Nicolas, she told them crying, "thank you for being so kind to me, and please forgive me if I did something that may have offended you." Both gave Laylanie a kiss in the cheek and led her to the dinner table, where delicious food was waiting for her. In particular she saw a especial dish, it was her mom's especial recepit of a Chocolate Ice Cream Cake. Her mom would always make it for Thankgiving Day. Many memories came back to Laylanie, as she saw her aunt and dad smiling at her, tears ran down her cheeks again. Through out the whole night, they eat, laughed, and drank champane. They dance to a couple Hawaiian songs, and showed Anastasia how to do the different song movements. Nicolas and Laylanie would laugh so hard at Anastasia's attempt to dance to the songs, Anastasia would get a little upset because she was made fun of but soon herself started laughing because she knew she was doing the moves all wrong. That night Laylanie was full of joy, and did not wanted to leave her dad and aunt. She had aslo made great memories in Paris and wanted to spend a little more time with the people she loved the most.

That night Laylanie realize something, something she wished she could had realize sooner. Laylanie realize that no matter where or with whom she was, her mom would always be in her heart. That no matter the place she went, she would be there in spirtit looking after her and her dad. She also realize the great meanings her mom's words had. She learned that she should always be thankful for the things she had, as others were not as fortunate as her. Laylanie felt more and more thankful with her mom, dad, aunt, and especially God to have given her such a wonderful opportunity to have a family that loved her dearly. That night during the dinner she gave thanks to her aunt and dad for all the time they had spend with her, and the love they had for her as well. Laylanie was very thankful for being able to have a family, and prayed each night for all those who were not as fortunate as her. Each night she reapeated with tears on her eyes, " Thank you God for the gifts you have given me."