Stories of Goodbyes

It has been a tradition in my (Kelly’s) family to have a big family dinner once a month. The night usually includes delicious food, funny yet interesting conversations, a celebration of anyone’s birthday or any holiday that month, and an occasional game. For our last family dinner before we left Seattle, my family went all out. We managed to celebrate 3 holidays, 1 birthday, and us leaving. My parents prepared a delicious Thanksgiving meal, put Christmas décor on the table, and played holiday music in the background. At some point during dinner we counted down New Year’s and toasted to a great next year. After dinner we sang happy birthday to my dad and watched him open his gifts. It was an event filled last dinner with all the family that included lots of laughter, some reminiscing, a time for family photos, a game of “bag of nouns” and of course some tears when saying good-bye (or rater LOT of tears for me). To my family, we want to say again we LOVE YOU! We will miss you tons and are so thankful that we have your full support behind us. We couldn't do this without you!