We bought our first ever Christmas tree this past weekend and put it up on Sunday. How fun!
We had never bought one before because we knew we wouldn't be in Louisville for long. Now that we have a homestead of sorts, we can feel free to make this apartment a home. (
hopefully this desire to make a house a home will find pictures on our walls soon...)
We keep reminding ourselves that this is the
new normal. We will be home for Christmas in our dreams and on Skype, but we also know that we are home for Christmas in our new home. Home is a strange word - for me it means "where my family lives". However, with our baby coming in
only 10 weeks, I am keenly aware of the fact that our family is also
here. If "home is where the heart is", then our hearts dwell in many places because our family is all over the USA and in two distinct Asian vicinities.
I comfort myself in the thought that there will be times when my family will be
gathered together and I look forward to taking pictures of those times
and treasuring those moments. I'm looking forward to visa runs with Matt's parents and visits from Amy. I'm also looking forward to future Taylor/Ivey family excursions to places we can introduce our child(ren) to in Kentuckiana that I loved as a child.
Time will be treasured when time comes for us to gather together with family. For now, we will savor our talks on the Internet phone and on video chat screens... and enjoy the proximity that we have available to us that previous generations did not have accessible to them.
