Once upon a time I had a bunch of siblings who all lived under the same roof in the same house and (somehow) in just three bedrooms. The mind boggles.
I still have a bunch of siblings but we not only don't live under the same roof in the same house anymore, but we don't even live in the same state, the same time zone, or even the same continent anymore!
Sniffle.
As autumn fully sets in and the days, nights, and afternoons are all a bit colder, the rain a bit more frequent, and the daylight a bit more scarce I can't help but think about all those times that we were under one roof and seriously driving each other C.R.A.Z.Y. I kinda miss those times. Sometimes. Okay most times. Or sometimes most of the time. See? Residual crazy.
And I think about how some of those siblings are in places with lots and lots of sand and sun and therefore may be missing a time and place where fall truly is a season.
So for you boys? Here's some fall for you.
Oh and here's some family too!
That's right...Return With Honor.
It happened before. It happened again. And we knew it was bound to happen yet again.
And it likely will again. And again. And AGAIN.
First it was Tony zipping off to the Navy after high school.
Then it was Paddy jetting off to Kuwait after college.
And now it's Gabe, zooming off to the Marines.
And while it is quite the challenge to have these siblings so far away, I could not be more proud of them and their choices.
And to her Uncle Gabe who leaves today, Alana says:
I love my job. No really, I LOVE my job.
But one of the things I most recently love about my job is that when the registrar is purging old files she runs across this:
And gives them to me. Don't you just want to squeeze his little chubby cheeks?
