Home again...

What a wonderful feeling it is to be welcomed home... even if the home is not necessarily the home you're used to, it is a home just the same because the people who live in it have been waiting for the day till they finally got to see you again and they welcome you with open arms and tears in their eyes... and they are tears of joy, not sadness... because something that none of you expected to happen, finally happened again through the grace of God... a family reunited again after so many years... well, still missing a couple of people, but it should be whole again soon enough...

And so there was garlanding and crowning as they welcomed the "Queen" and all you could do was laugh at their silliness but at the same time you were secretly so happy that you were getting all this attention!!

Since then, its been an absolute whirlwind of activity... catching up with Mom and Mama and R and A, fishing and playing pool and basketball with the boys, drinking margharitas and daquiris and eating fajitas and tortillas at Don Pablo's, four of us staying up late and really getting to know each other all over again... such a good feeling...

I really don't want it to end!