: I am home

December 27, 2001

I am home for the holidays.

Home seems the same, but there are subtle

differences. The best student in the family is now my mother. Three of my brothers have

different hair (none of it natural). Two of them have different significant others (both

girls this time, both staying with us). The youngest brother seems pretty much unchanged,

but taller. There is one less cat and one more dog. And there are reminders of my

grandfather's and uncle's lives and deaths in many rooms. Still, the house is crowded and

alive.

My X-Mas letter will be going out today or tomorrow. Hold your breath, get

your hopes up, or don't.

Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at December 27, 2001 12:00 PM