Christmas...

As I was getting ready for Christmas Eve yesterday, I herd a song on the radio that broke my heart. It was a little 4 year old boy singing about all he wanted for Christmas was his older brother home from Iraq. I was trying so hard not to cry. I understand Cody is in the “safe zone” but it still hurts to know what could happen to him.

So here we are with another Christmas behind us… and yet it doesn’t feel any different. I understand that the true meaning of Christmas is about the birth of our Savior, however I feel that family is a huge important piece of it. It has not felt like a true Christmas for awhile, especially since my brother Cody joined the military, and after my father moved out. This year is different, Cody has been deployed back to Iraq, but thankfully he is in holding in Kuwait, waiting for clearance to cross over into Iraq. My father decided to stay back in Idaho this year, so it is just me and mom like it always is. Which is totally fine, I just wish that my whole family was here!