mmm...

oh, blah. i'm feeling blah-ish right now...like i want something, but i don't know what it is. how can i be lonely when i'm surrounded by friends?

so, in an attempt to cheer up, i shall write more about what i'm thankful for. topic of the day: my parents.

i don't always realize how much i love my parents, and how lucky i am to have them, but i really am. my parents are wonderful, loving people who want the best for me. they've done so much so that i can have all these opportunities. i mean, they moved here so that my sister and i could have good lives, so that we could choose to do whatever we wanted to do without being weighed down by poverty and discrimination. i doubt they'd have moved if they didn't have us to look out for...they weren't rich, but they weren't doing so horribly, either. they would've been ok, but they knew that we would have a really hard time, so they moved for our sake. and they're always doing whatever they can for me...i don't have to work or anything unless i want to or do anything like that...they're really supportive of me. and they love each other, which isn't always a given in today's world. so yes, i'm very grateful for them.