Christmas bliss....

Matt and I get to go home for Christmas :D I am so EXCITED! We will be spending Christmas Eve with my whole family and Christmas day with Matt's family :D

After moving away from my family and friends, I never realized how hard it would be to spend holidays apart. Last year was the first Christmas that I did not spend with my family and it was so sad. I will admit it, I cried many tears during that time. I never realized how blessed I had been before to be able to spend the holidays with my family and how truly important that was to me... I did actually work Christmas Eve and Christmas day at the hospital, which helped keep my mind off things... I think it also made things worse though because I love going to church around Christmas time and I could not go because of work.

I think what also made the holidays so hard last year was knowing that neither of my brothers went home for Christmas either. My parents spent their first Christmas alone, without any of us kids there.... I'm sure they were very sad about it, even though they did not let us know they were. My parents are the type who don't really show their emotion to people...

Matt and I did have a nice first Christmas together as a married couple, along with our "boys". He sure tried to make me happy on Christmas because he knew how sad I was to not be with my family.... I love him and I am so thankful to have him in my life.

I'm just truly happy to be going home for Christmas.... words just can't express my joy. Now, I just hope the weather agrees with our plans...