Another year means another Holiday season without Daniel. You'd think after three years I'd get used to it, but for some reason this year seems harder than previous years. It could be because it's the first time he will miss Thanksgiving, or because it's the first time he has left so early in the season, or that this is the longest that he could be gone... but I think and blame my hopeless fantasizing.
I blame the books I read and movies I watch, because only in the movies do things always workout perfectly. As women we are tricked (at a very young age... thank you Disney) into believing there is always a prince who will hopelessly fall in love with us, spoil us, and make everything workout seamlessly. Ha joke's on us! Not that we don't meet great guys, or have good lives, it's just not the perfect daydream that we're promised. I could stop reading happy ending stories and watching sappy movies but the effects have already taken a toll and it's irreversible.
But in your case, I think you really appreciate what you have, and how much you both are connected due to the trips. Yes, short trips, and not during holidays, would be perfect, but real life is what balances us so we don't take life and love for granted.
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