subject: The Most Unforgettable Thanksgiving Gift [print this page] Cup is one of quite common articles in our daily life. For an ordinary being, a cup can be used to hold water; for a merchant, a cup can be exchanged for money; for an archaeologist, a cup represents a kind of culture of the certain period. However, when it comes to me, a cup means a lifetime friendship. I understand this meaning so late that I regret every time I see my loved cup.
When I was a high school student, the stress that came from study was so heavy that I almost wanted to give up sometimes. But my best friend who was also my desk mate said many encouraging words to support me and accompanied me to go through the most difficult time before the university life.
The last Thanksgiving Day before high school, I remember clearly it was a quite freezing winter night. When the night study was over, I just stood up and started to leave the classroom to go to dormitory, and my desk mate grasped my right hand and gave a exquisite box. I opened it after I got to the dorm. There was a middle-sized cup, but the limelight was the two photos of she and me that were printed on the body of cup. I loved it so much, just because I never saw a cup could be like that. All the time, I use that cup and I am sure it costed her a lot judging from its quality.
I treasure our friendship, so I take the cup with me even I become a university student. However, the second year of university life, I got the grievous news that my best friend lost her young and vigorous life in a car accident. I don't know what I can do for her but endless tears. From then on, I try my utmost to protect that cup. One day, a occasion chance I got the information on the Internet, the meaning of cup, which attracted my sight in the first time. My tears dropped down constantly when I knew the real meaning of cup was a lifetime and eternal friendship. I didn't know this meaning and I just regarded as an ordinary cup. The reason why I always take it is that I treasure our friendship.
Although it is an easy meaning, it is quite different for me. When I was writing this article, my loved cup was just beside my right hand. I was not tearing this time, because my best friend is smiling at me. When I see my loved cup, I know she is with me forever. I will remember her, her cup and that cold Thanksgiving Day night as long as I can live. The most unforgettable Thanksgiving gift - a cup has become an indispensible part of my life.
