Christmas

Today was our Christmas.
Just the two of us.
He woke me up to see the snow falling...
didn't want me to miss it.
It is our first Christmas in our new home,
and it feels perfect.
Christmas day will be travel and chaos,
but today was ours.
Calm.  Cozy.  Quiet.
Peaceful.
I did a live video chat with my mom and my sister,
so we could share the fun of opening gifts.
I cried as I slowly unwrapped a gift from my mother.
I'm so far away from my family
and time is slipping through our fingers.
But I keep them close.
Homesickness is just an expression of Love,
so it added to the Gentleness of the day.
Tonight... more snow.

A white Christmas is Perfection.