The holidays are a time to spend and enjoy with family and friends. It makes it even better when you have a large family that are all very close with one another.
Since leaving for college, I haven't been able to attend all the birthday parties and the Sunday dinners with my actually family, but I love being away with my friends at college who have turned into my family there.
When returning home for holidays, being with my actual big family seem like I have never left. The amount of love that can come from such a large group of people is amazing. A house is not a home until you have a family filled it with love.
Being surrounded by that much support and love wherever I am makes me feel more blessed. Especially on Christmas and New Years when the same people you spent the whole year with will be waiting and helping me in the next year.
Thank you to my college family, blood family and church family and friends that are like family. You are appreciated more than you will ever, ever know.