Personal Narrative: Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving at Marymount California University was one day I will never forget. The day was to celebrate the holiday as a school with staff and students. I arrived at the cafeteria and it looked like it got shut down. The tables were covered with orange and yellow tablecloth. The room was soon filled quickly. Many of us were hungry and decided this was an option since the cafeteria took a break and closed down as a whole. Some were very excited about the tradition. Being in middle I thought the tradition was more interesting to me then eating away in a fashion of hungry and starving animals. We were all introduced in the diverse community of our school and how each said Thank you. Drinks were provided. The drinks were water, pomegranate juice and pink lemonade. …show more content…
The dishes provided that day were stuffing, mashed or sweet mashed potato, sauté zucchini and butternut squash, different types of breads, some salad, fruit and pies. I asked may I have a little bit of everything and stopped in my track when I approached the sweet potato and mashed potato. I looked up and said I would like to have tons of mashed potatoes please. I received my serving and could not find the gravy. Fortunately one of my friends waist front of me and pointed out the gravy. I was so excited that could not use my hands to pour out the gravy. My friend was kind enough to help me pour gravy on my mashed potatoes. Trust me those were the best mashed potato and gravy I ever had in my life. There were three types of pies. Cherry, Apple and Pumpkin pie. All three looked satisfying to me though I could not pick. I selected an apple pie with vanilla ice-cream on top. My friends selected a slice apple pie and a slice