LillaMy Husband's Favorite Holiday
November 14th 2006 22:19
Today's post is just a bit of happy stuff. November 15 in Michigan is opening day of gun season for deer. Carl was born and raised in an area where venison was a main staple as a meal. While most people eat more beef or chicken, his family ate venison.
He was raised in the woods and raised to hunt his own food and for him November 15 is a national holiday. It is the one day a year he takes off on purpose for work and the one day a year I don't ask for or expect any time from him...though often I end up feeding a bunch of hunters as they all tell the one that got away stories.
Tommorow will be the first time since 2003 that Carl has been home for Opening Day, he is behaving like a six year old on Christmas Eve. While holidays and birthdays are a huge thing to me this year because he is home, for Carl tommorow is what he has waited for since the day he came home.
I don't quite understand the thrill, but it does my heart so much good to see the joy and excitement in him.
Little moments add up to a lifetime of joy, take them in, treasure them and create as many as you can.
He was raised in the woods and raised to hunt his own food and for him November 15 is a national holiday. It is the one day a year he takes off on purpose for work and the one day a year I don't ask for or expect any time from him...though often I end up feeding a bunch of hunters as they all tell the one that got away stories.
Tommorow will be the first time since 2003 that Carl has been home for Opening Day, he is behaving like a six year old on Christmas Eve. While holidays and birthdays are a huge thing to me this year because he is home, for Carl tommorow is what he has waited for since the day he came home.
Little moments add up to a lifetime of joy, take them in, treasure them and create as many as you can.
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