christmas post

i hope everyone had a merry christmas. i didn't post on christmas for one reason: i have a lot of family. i love blogging, writing, journaling, creating characters and everything, but sometimes, you have to stop doing a solitary project and look up. look up at the people around you...if for no other reason than to observe and stumble upon your next story. but it's more than that for me...i used to live in california (a place my sweet husband adores for the weather)...and we constantly go back and forth with each other about which is better: tennessee or california. we never change each other's minds, even though he was actually born here in nashville, and i was born right outside of los angeles. funny huh? but i grew up here, and i have a ton ton ton of family. most of his is in kentucky, so he didn't experience the growing up surrounded by 40+ family members.

anyway, the point is, i am so thrilled to be a writer and to be able to write whenever i get inspired. and i'm thankful that my husband is supporting my love and that he believes in me enough to let me do it full time. but i write all the time. and writing is a lone process. (i'll write another post on that). what i don't get to do is be in a room with people that share my dna, however much. see them, play with their babies, hug them, ask them what's new, play games, eat, be merry with them. everyone has such separate lives no matter how close we live. it's the way of the world. we are supposed to do that. and i wouldn't want it any other way. because we bring so much to the table when we are together during the holidays. so many stories, so many accomplishments.

and every year, we see how much the others have grown up, changed, moved forward. last year, my sweet cousin grace hadn't even spilled the "i'm pregnant" beans yet, even when i asked her point blank if she was trying soon..:) and this year, she has a healthy preemie baby named lyla (after our late great grandmother). that's just one example in a line of many.

like i said, posting is so important to me. i love my blog. i love that you read it. but, i have to lift my head every once in a while, keep my computers, books, and journals shut...my pen down in order to take the blessings in. and i did. and i'm full of joy and gratitude. the Lord is so so good.

this next year (another post as well) is going to be great. absolutely great. catch ya later. and merry be-lated christmas from the huffs/andersons/revelettes.

ps. my full name (if i had kept my original middle name after i got married) is

  ashlyne anderson huff revelette

all i can think about when i see all those is how i would fill in all those bubbles for standardized test. impossible right?