Something I Wanted But Cold Not Have

   One thing I wanted to do over Winter Break that I did not get to do is see my family that does not live in Ohio anymore. My Aunt Gwen, Uncle Jeff, and, cousins-- Josh, Griffin, Shaye, and Owen -- all moved to Kansas City a little over two years ago. Most of the time my Grandma will go to their house for Thanksgiving and they will come here for Christmas. This year that changed. They came home for Thanksgiving but did not for Christmas and for most of us it did not feel like Christmas for that reason. It was definitely weird not to have the majority of my younger cousins around and even stranger that we were not exchanging presents with each other for the first time in years. The whole feeling just was not right; for the first time ever I did not spend Christmas with my whole family.