Three days

I missed a few days of posting because I was on my way from Kansas to Alaska with a stop over in Texas to see two of my grandchildren.

Obviously, I have much to be thankful about that is summed up in the last three days.

Since I've missed a few days, I'm going to do a few things I'm thankful for in one post.

First, I'm thankful for my home in Kansas where part of my family lives. Thomas Wolfe said you can't go home. He was wrong. I proved that when I moved back to the town where I grew up after a few decades of being gone. It was home then and it's still home.

Going back to my first post of November...family. I'm thankful for all my family. Without them life would be dull, bleak and not fun at all. With them I have people to love, spoil, complain to, complain about, love, share memories with, make memories with, love. Well, you get the idea.

I'm so very thankful that I was able to spend part of Friday with my son and his family while I was on my way north. It was wonderful seeing all of them again. It was heartbreaking saying good-bye to my family still in Kansas, though.

And to disprove Thomas Wolfe again, I went home yet again on Saturday when I arrived in Alaska. I am so thankful that I have two fabulous states that are home to me. Kansas and Alaska. Since leaving Alaska in 2008 a part of me has remained in Alaska. Yesterday was the first time I ever saw Sitka, but if it looks like Alaska, if it smells like Alaska, it's probably Alaska. And the Alaskan in me recognized it and embraced it.

Yet the Kansan in me wishes the rest of my family were here with me. But I'm so very thankful they're with me wherever I am, even if we're not in the same location.