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The holidays are approaching.   This means a lot of things to my family and me.   Most Importantly it means we are going to North Dakota for Thanksgiving.   What?   North Dakota?   I know, I know, its sooo Middle America, but that’s where my partner is from and that’s where his family is.   Since this is the time of year where we remember to be thankful, I want to give you and idea of what his family means to me. I look forward to this trip every year.   My partner can take it or leave it.   He loves his family but he is more concerned about spending that $1000.00 on new landscaping or updates to the house, not plane tickets.   I love all that stuff also, but to me family time is more important.   I remember the first year T and I were dating. We went to ND to visit for Thanksgiving and I got to meet a big part of his family.   There was his mom, his step dad, his sister, her husband and their two kids...

           Sorry for being gone so long!   We've had a heck of a life transition lately and unfortunately, my writing had to go on the back burner.   In July, my better half had weight loss surgery and as of this writing, is down nearly 80 pounds.    On top of that, my school schedule this semester has been pretty labor intensive and then there are those three kids that keep eating my food and leaving messes around the house.   I officially have a teenager now and he is making sure I know it.   I don't mind him getting older but I wish he'd quit dragging me along with him. I have had some amazing, life altering experiences over the past few months.   To be honest, I've spent a lot of my quiet moments reflecting on my life and the role I play in this World.   I work in a hotel and I have gay couples who check in often.   Recently, we had a group of our Marines retu...