Christmas Blessings
A six-hour drive to Michigan, and tonight the monkey children are all nestled and snug in their...air mattresses, as visions of sugarplums dance in their heads. Actually, it's probably dreams of Lego Dimensions, Nerf guns, and One Direction CD's. But dreams and innocence of a child nonetheless. As we drove down the road, arriving at my mother's house for the holiday season, the glow of her Christmas tree was visible as we pulled into the driveway. It's not the family home that I was returning to, but just the same, that glow of lights through the window was enough to make me smile and break into song, "There's no place like home for the holidays". This Christmas I know and appreciate so very much the love of my family around me. I have a full holiday planned with my mother, brother, and grandparents. Family members that I love but cannot see or spend time with except for the few times of the year that we make this return trip "home." ...