In just a couple of weeks, me and my family will join together to share a meal and eat some pumpkin pie. I'll get a couple of days off school to sleep in and relax. But Thanksgiving is not just about food, but gratitude. These days, it seems like we don't appreciate each other enough. But I hope this holiday season, we go back to basics.

Aumena Choudhry

12th Grade, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.