Thankful for: Three cats, being the only child, house my family lives in, loving parents, food on my plate every day, having a car to drive, and caring friends.
Outline: Focusing on loving parents and having a house to live in.
Thesis: Having loving parents and a house to live in are the most important aspects you should be thankful for.
Hook: Being thankful improves your happiness and overall health.
Composition
1/5/2014
Now that Thanksgiving has past and gone for this year, I am going to reflect on three important aspects of my life that I am more than thankful for. Being thankful in general improves happiness and health. The three aspects of my life that I am most thankful for are having loving parents, a house to live in and caring friends. Having loving parents, a house to live and caring friends in are the most important aspects you should be thankful for. Of course there are plenty other aspects I am more than thankful for but these three are my main ones. I am thankful for having such loving parents because I don’t know where I would be without them right now. My parents have helped me in so many ways, good and bad. I, being an only child, have a lucky advantage because there is only one of me to take care of. My parents see to giving me anything that I need and sometimes want. Giving me a plate full of food whenever I’m hungry or scolding me for doing something wrong. My parents are always forgiving, even for big mistakes when they should disown me. The second aspect I am most thankful for is having a roof over my head. I sometimes think about what it would be like to not have a warm, comforting place to live. Some don’t have shelter, some may even only have a cardboard box. I am lucky to have a house my parents worked hard to get and allow me to live here with them, silly thing to say but it is true. The third aspect I am thankful for is having caring friends. Having caring friends to enjoy life together is an awesome