Sister Home from the Navy for the Holidays
My sister, Jenn, is stationed in Naples, Italy in the US Navy as an air traffic controller. Last Christmas she wasn’t able to come home. It was a lot different. Going to my aunts house for Christmas Eve it was just me and my two cousins Chelsea and Ian. They are both a lot younger and like to play all kinds of games and stuff. Usually my sister plays with Chelsea and Ian and I end up playing hockey. That year I had to go back and forth with the kids.
From the moment I woke up on Christmas last year it just seemed quiet and unusually. Luckily this year my sister was able to come home. She hasn’t been home in two years. We just picked her up at Logan Airport after sitting in traffic bumper to bumper in the terminals.
We just got back to the house after eating dinner at Unos. She wasn’t feeling to well from the plane ride and being jet lag. We ending up staying up pretty late. She pulled out a shirt of mine out of her suitcase that she had since we visited in May. Every time we are together I end up going home without some of my clothes. She always finds a way to slip some of my t-shirts, long sleeve shirts, and sweatshirts in her bag without me noticing. This year we got her plenty of stuff in hopes that it wouldn’t happen. It was good to have her home.
Filed under: Home on December 23rd, 2007
