No two ways about it, yesterday sucked.  I admit it.... I had the feels. 😢 I don't like being attached to things... but there are some things that are just that special: anything my dad wrote by hand, my great-grandmother's ring that...

Almost every year, until I started hauling off to fun places on the opposite side of the globe, my Dad and I would pick an evening and go Christmas shopping together in Freeport, ME.  Shopping was followed by a hearty dinner...

Despite my best intentions and a lovely picture in my head of hopping around the globe with nothing but backpacks and a sense of adventure, not having a local "home" is rough.  That $%^&# is hard work!  If Thailand taught...