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Hugs from Home
This weekend I learned a lot of stuff, ate pancakes, had some kind of emotional breakthrough and then promptly got sick. The end. My dad was home this past weekend. It was good to see him. I was nervous about seeing that side of my family for the first time since my grandma died in April, but I shouldn�t have been. I�ve never seen a finer demonstration of life�going on. I�ve never felt more comfortable with that side of my family. I don�t know if it was because there were no children � it was just my aunts and uncles, my dad & my grandpa. Perhaps it�s the new dynamic of the household. Maybe I�m just older and maybe I�ve just accepted more about my life and how it�s going to be. I don�t know. I do know that for the first time since I can remember � I was my actual self with that side of my family and for the first time since I can remember � nobody had a problem with that. My grandpa is dating again. I think the key to the emotional shift in my relationship with everyone I spent time with on Saturday lies there. I haven�t figured out how or why just yet, but something about that fact turns a lot of things around. I spent some time talking about my trip to Germany next spring. The wheels have been put into motion and it�s looking more and more like it�s actually going to happen. We talked about some side trips to Rome or possibly London. I�d still like to see Paris. On the other hand, apparently my dad�s house looks out on a 13th century castle (just outside of Frankfurt) so it�s possible that side trips may not even be necessary. I could conceivably be happy with a cup of coffee and a seat on my dad�s front porch. Or something. It should be good. I get more and more excited about it every day. Things were good. Things are good. Then I got sick. But things are still good. I�m still a little sick (things=still good) but I�m not as sick as I was and I decided that regardless of how wobbly my stomach feels right now, it would be best if I shower (at least) and stick to my routine. This whole thing sounds a lot more boring than it actually is. I signed up for Hugs from Home a couple weeks ago. I adopted two soldiers and sent my first letter in last Monday. I�ve been excited about doing this since I stumbled upon it because I am all into this sort of carebear type pen-pally stuff, but y�all? I�m not sure there�s a better feeling than when you hear back from one of your �adopted� soldiers. It was all I could do to not jump up and down and squeal with delight when I got my first response today. If you�re at all interested. If you believe in this sort of stuff at all � it�s worth looking into. Christmas is coming� I�m just sayin�. That�s all I got today. I have some catchin� up to do. |
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