Prayers

i was reluctant about heading home for the holidays.
aside from the freezing rain they had christmas day, my family is a bit "touched."
everybody driving everybody else crazy.

i hopped the train and made the journey.
and after the laughs, stories, hugs and kisses - i'm headed back.

we have those family members that drive us insane every time we see them, but we continue to see them.
we have those friends who seem to lose life quality every time you see them, but we continue to give them a call to hook up.
because we know what makes home home.
it's those folks who fixed out cereal when our hand/eye coordination was all jacked up.
those folks who helped you sneak outta your grandmother's window in high school.
that one relative that shows up drunk, messing up your sleep, then ruining everybody's holiday.
it's home.

we must embrace home.
because that is where we store most of our love.
because it's what made us who we are.

and so i pray:

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dear God:

thank you for making things the way you've made them.
those i find promising and those i'm having a hard time grasping.
but i know they exist because they need to.
and thank you most for home. because that is where love live.