What are you most thankful for this Thanksgiving Day?

I’m thankful for finding Saipan. I’ve been here since 1993 and it has been the best time in my life. My life began when I came here. I can’t imagine my life without being here.

Wendy Wolcott
Sadog Tasi

I’m thankful for my family and especially for my health.

Jenny Villagomez
Kagman

Of course I’m thankful for my family and for the gift of life especially with the war going on in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other parts of the world. I’m thankful for just being alive.

Charlotte Camacho
Garapan

That’s easy. I’m thankful for my family, my wife Erin, who just gave birth to our new baby, Elijah.

Ryan Mortensen
As Matuis

I am thankful this Thanksgiving for my family and for my dear friends.

Thinthin Conlon
Navy Hill

I am thankful for my parents, Mayor Juan B. Tudela and my mom, for reaching 50 years of great marriage this Saturday. I am also thankful for my good health and my family. We are a big family like the Commonwealth. I am also thankful for my dad’s victory in the recent election.

Cecilia T. Labausa
Kagman

I’m thankful for my family and friends. I am thankful for being blessed with life and for the weekend to rest and recuperate in preparation to what is expected to be another busy season, which is Christmas.

Rosalyn Therese A. Ajoste
Susupe

I am thankful for my good life, my beautiful home, and the love I receive from my family. I am grateful for my wife, kids, and mother. I am also thankful for my good health.

Alfred Ada
Chalan Kanoa

I’m thankful for my friends and my family and for being on this island. I am thankful to be teaching children in the CNMI.

John Jenkins
Chalan Kanoa

I’m thankful for life, good health, and family. All those are because of the Almighty.

David Borja
San Vicente

First of all, I’m thankful for the Lord, for giving my family and friends good health this year. I also thank my family for all the support and hard work they’ve done.

Ben Babauta
Chalan Kiya

I am thankful for my health and the health of my family and to those around us. I am also thankful for the safety of family members who are currently serving in Iraq.

Jeff Boyer
San Roque

I am thankful for being alive and for having a loving family. I am grateful to the Lord for giving me a loving family and a great set of friends.

Debbie Whitt
Fina Sisu

I am thankful for my family, for my dad who still is doing good today and for the good health of my kids.

Yoshio Gabaldon
Navy Hill

I am thankful for my friends and my family, what can be more important than that?

Deanna Kelly-Tessen
Dandan

I am thankful for the Lord giving us longer life, for my friends and relatives that we still get along with.

Isabel Mahilum
Susupe

I am thankful for the Almighty One for keeping us safe especially our clients the man’amko. I hope their lives will be longer. I am thankful for the brothers and sisters in the military.

Joseph Palacios
Garapan

I am thankful that we live in a tropical island that is warm and not freezing and I am very thankful for the beautiful beaches on the island. I am grateful for friends here on the island that made me stayed here for the past 11 years. I am thankful that I live on an island where there is freedom of choice.

Rory Starkey
San Jose

I am thankful that my car is still running and that I can go on vacation on my front yard. I am thankful that I have the opportunity to pick up a coconut and drink it in the middle of November.

Cassie Hamman
San Antonio

I’m thankful for my great husband, son, and brother. I am thankful for a great family support and friends that’s always cheering me up.

Christine T. Masga
San Antonio

I am grateful for my health and family that I have all my needs and some of my wants because when life is hard that’s when you realize that you learn the worth of water when the well is dry as they say. Economy is dry so I’m thankful for the basics that we have.

Beth Nepaial
Capitol Hill

I am thankful for the warm climate, for the free country to pursue all your dreams. I am grateful for my family, church and job.

Cherlyn Cabrera
Kagman

I am thankful for being healthy and alive. I’m also thankful for my family and especially for my mom, who’s 80 years old now but is still blessed with strength.

Ed Salas
Kagman

I am thankful to my family and friends and to God who continues to give us blessings. I am thankful that no major natural disasters have come our way.

Maggie George
Garapan