Thanksgiving is always a special time of the year. From the pie that your aunt brings or if you're my family, cheesecake. It's good times all around. Spending a few hours with each other over good food puts you in the spirit. If you're anything like me, you dream about Thanksgiving for almost the entire year. My mom makes pernil for Thanksgiving, which is the Spanish word for pulled pork. It's literally happiness in a meal but no matter how good the food is or how good the memories are, sometimes you just forget about things.

Thanksgiving is one of my absolute favorite holidays, there is literally nothing bad to say about it in my opinion! History set aside, it's full of good memories, good laughs and great food. There is an issue though. It dawns on me that the older I get, the more I can't remember my first few Thanksgivings. I just can't remember any Thanksgiving before I was about 12-years-old. All those good memories with my family seem to be non existent when it comes to those holidays. As much as I've tried to think of the memories they just don't seem to exist.

Now, my parents are divorced. Simple as that. It's not taboo, it's a normal thing to deal with. Now, it's not per say a happy thing to deal with and many times when you have many unhappy experiences, you may suppress them. Sometimes I wonder thought where did all my Thanksgiving memories go? How do some of the happiest times of my life just disappear from my memory? Many people say that it has a lot to do with repressing bad memories.

There's no true point to this story. I think it's sad that some of my happiest Thanksgivings are now memories that I'll only remember through stories. I guess that's what pictures are for -- to remind you of forgotten memories. For now though, I'll be happy with my current Thanksgivings with my family. No matter how crazy they drive me, it's all I have and one day it'll be all gone. So cherish your family and all you have this Thanksgiving because one day, it'll all be gone!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone and enjoy the moments before they become memories!