Together as a family, yet so far from more family.
Yes, we were very close because we had no one else to
celebrate holidays with, but were lonely to see the ones
back home, too.
We had to make an emergency trip back home about 3 weeks
before our 1st Christmas over there to see my mom for the
last time and to attend her funeral. :D Sort of put a damper
on everything after that.
It was very hard to say goodbye to my Dad and fly off to finish
the rest of our tour. He did come to visit us, and that helped some.