This thanksgiving follows a hard year for me personally, but I wanted to take the time to express gratitude for everything I've been blessed with. I am thankful for my parents, who raised me and supported me in my adventure to Oregon when I was 17. I am thankful for my intelligence, which I've been able to use to find gainful employment as a programmer since 2005. I am thankful for the mother of my three beautiful children. I am thankful for my health. I am thankful for my best friend, who saved my life. I am thankful to God, for being there for me when I finally opened up to him and asked for mercy and guidance.