over.
i was reminded the other day of a christmas that brought the deepest kind of sadness to me, something that may have been even harder to take given how much i love the season. the semester was coming to a close. i was finishing up finals and in only a few days would go home; home to a house that i’d grown up in and where i’d spent every christmas morning of my life that i could remember. i was set to go home to something that i’d always looked forward to; a time and a place where every tradition was expected, followed, and enjoyed. until now.
i wondered if there 