I’ll be celebrating Christmas in Brantford a little early this year. Turns out Christmas time here in Kunming is not worth missing as a foreign musician. We’ll see if that holds true when the time comes. This will be the first Christmas I ever spend away from home.

I feel like I’m becoming more sentimental towards family as I move into this new phase of life with Suki. There’s a lot of things you don’t think about much as a young, single guy. Missing a day like Christmas doesn’t mean much to me —it never has. It’s just another day. It is however, an excuse to spend time with the family, so I’m making sure that point is not missed. I’ll only be home for two weeks, but I intend to spend it wisely with the family I don’t see too much lately.

I love you guys, and miss you lots. Can’t wait to be back with you, real soon.

The family stopped in to visit me, today -in Nashville, TN. It was so great to see them. After plans changed coming home from Asia, I wasn’t scheduled to see them until the middle of May! They came and picked me up from that church I visited last week, The Anchor, and we went on a mid-day quest to find the Opryland Hotel -a famous resort hotel, here in Nashville. We had lunch, they dropped me off and went on their way to Atlanta, GA.

Today, I read a post written by my friend Francois and got thinking about Christmas. When I left for China, I hadn’t planned on returning home for Christmas, but my family missed me enough to fork out enough money to buy me a ticket home. I’m so thankful that I’m going to get to see them and spend a couple weeks vacationing with them this year. I didn’t realize I would appreciate that opportunity as much as I do. The fact is that I really do miss them— especially more than I regularly admit. Just over a month left before I head home. I’ve got some heavy studying to do if I want to make my time spent here worthwhile.

There’s not too many things I can say that I need at this time in my life. I’ve been really, really blessed. I have all that I need and more and a family that’s always ready to help the moment I ask, which to many people is too good to be true. Thanks giving in Ontario is over and done, but today I realize how easily I take for granted the things that I have, the people in my life and the time I waste on useless things.

To my family, I do miss you. I’m looking forward to seeing you this Christmas! Ang; we’ve got some practicing to do for the shows while I’m home!

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My family’s here in Spring City. They arrived a week ago, and we’ve been hangin’ out as my schedule permits. It’s been a little crazy between school and finishing the marketing stuff for the trade show in Shanghai next week. It’s nice to see them again, I shouldn’t take that for granted while they’re here. Next week, we’re all going up to Shanghai, and likely going to see the Great Wall the following weekend.

Between settling into a new city and grinding down on this deadline-job; school’s had to take a back seat ride, and it was pretty easy to fall behind. This week I’ve decided to take my textbook and try and get ahead and even ahead on my own while I’m away. I find it’s not so much about being able to grasp this stuff, but simply practice.