Thanksgiving: More than just good food

"I'm thankful for life, for breathing everyday and for the freedom to praise God with that breath. I'm thankful for this school, the chance to be educated and for my own thirst for knowledge. I'm thankful for professors, roommates, teachers, friends, family members, pastors, mentors, and anyone else who has ever guided my way. And I'm thankful for people everywhere that are honest and real and true to themselves who live everyday with hope in a hopeless world. Such people are world changers." -Junior Amy Bilezikian

"The thing I'm most thankful for is my family. They have been there for me a lot and always make me smile. After that, I'm thankful for my friends and all the other people in my life. I don't always to get to show them that but they have done more for me than they'll ever know. Overall, I'm thankful for people, laughter and memories." -Junior Brittany Smith

"I'm thankful for a lot of things. I'm thankful for my family and church family, I'm thankful for inspration that drives my art and for a warm bed tonight and a good roommate, for God's surprising way of pulling through everything." -Junior Ellen Thilo

"I thank God for everything he has showed me, what he has taught me and how far he has brought me in my education. I am thankful for His love, His grace, and His peace. There's alot I'm thankful for, but I guess I'm just simply thankful for life." - Junior Katie Tricarico

Quotes compiled by staff writers Kate Savo, Chelsea Zimmerman and Mark Porter.