Worlds Away

Bj and I drove to Salem tonight to have dinner at my mom’s. My little step brother Taylor was there, as were my step sister in law, Coralia, and my cute little niece Brianna, who’s four. Her Dad, my step brother, Aaron, is over in Iraq. My other step brother, Allen, is working in Japan (he’s the same age as me). We were all sitting around talking. I love our family dinners because it seems like my family is really good at talking about everything. Well today we hit on a bunch of topics including piercings and tattoos. After talking about it was said to Brianna, “Never get a tattoo, okay?” She had just been walking her Fisher Price Little People around the table and wasn’t really paying attention. She’s like, “okay.” Then we kind of started talking about something else and she said, “I got a tattoo when I was little, it was sparkly and somebody gave it to me, and it had a mouse dancing (or something like that can’t remember)” So my mom said, “Well glittery ones are okay.” She replied, “Ya, it came off in the bath.” He he he, so funny. I meant to get a picture but totally spaced it. Aaron called Coralia while they were there, it’s cool she gets to talk to him every couple of days. I feel very honored that he has a slang card (see this post) I sent him hanging in his office! Here is a picture of Aaron:

He’s in the middle. He is doing all kinds of stuff over there, Coralia just told us that he is going to work on “beautifying a cemetery” that I guess Saddam had a mass grave in an older cemetery so they are going to fix it up. He works with the ministry, an assistant to the chaplain (I think that is his title, Aaron if you are reading this comment and correct me!!). This is the best picture he’s sent:

It was taken at a girl’s school after a drop off from operation crayon. Aren’t they the cutest happiest looking little people? I’ve been thinking that the world is so big and so small at the same time right now, it’s easy to think that way with so many of my friends and family all over. Scotland, England, Denmark, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, all over the United States, I miss you all!  Thank goodness we live in an age where we can keep in touch. Love and Peace where ever you are!