Holidays away from Home

or “embracing the suck”

It’s been about 15 years since I moved away from home.  Home being my Mom and the little house I grew up in.  Since then she has sold the Colorado house and moved to Florida but when I think of Christmas, I think of that house and how my mom would put the tree in the same place every year.  I think of gathering at my Aunt Janet’s house on Christmas Eve and torturously waiting for all the grown-ups to finish dinner so we could open presents.  (I swear Uncle Dan got seconds just to give him self a laugh at us kids expense)

Welcoming home my Solider!

I could tell you all about how awesome it is welcoming home that long awaited loved one after days and weeks of anticipation, but lucky for me, I hired an awesome photographer who pretty much captured it all.  I’ll let her photos show you how awesome it feels!

This is just me being silly with Shannon but it makes me laugh