Homecoming

My cousin is scheduled to be coming home from the war in the next week or so. I am very glad about this. Even though, as with the rest of my family, I agree with him about almost nothing political, I love him very much, and so much want him to be safe. He is one of the few people, his wife another, who can understand what I've been going through, and they are a large part of why I made it through the winter. He's also one of the reasons I choose not to discuss issues relating to the "War on Terror," and I don't see that decision changing here anytime soon. He's smart and honorable and strong and very, very dear.

It's been an extremely hard year for most of our family, for a variety of reasons, and having one part of it settled, even if for a little while, will be nice.

So, come home safe, and we love you. We've missed you.