As I\u2019m sitting on my flight back from the Dominican Republic (where I was speaking at a Business Ethics & Integrity Conference), I can\u2019t help but think about how excited I am to just be headed home for the holidays.<\/p>\n
This past year I\u2019ve traveled to Palm Springs California, Chicago, Simi Valley California, London, Washington DC, Virginia, Prague, Cesky Krumlov, Vienna, Budapest, Bryce Canyon Utah, Hammett Idaho, Page Arizona, Lake Powell three times, Colorado Springs, Evanston Wyoming, Driggs Idaho, Jackson Hole Wyoming, Stowe Vermont, Quebec Canada, \u00a0and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic\u2026I\u2019m sure I\u2019m forgetting some of the other places I\u2019ve traveled this year but those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve spent a tremendous amount of time on the road this year. And as grateful as I am for the experiences I have had in my travels and the people I\u2019ve been blessed to spend time with (unbelievably grateful actually), it\u2019s still hard not to start feeling a bit disconnected from home when you are traveling this much. I miss seeing my neighbors and friends. I miss having a normal routine. I miss sleeping in my bed. I just miss being home.<\/p>\n
Luckily, I haven\u2019t had to miss my husband because he\u2019s been able to come with me on all of those trips this year, which is the first year that\u2019s ever happened and that\u2019s been really fun for us. Plus I like having a travel buddy I can beat at chess on the flights (\u2026tee hee\u2026I can\u2019t wait to see his face when he sees that\u2026and no matter what he tries to comment on this post, just know that I pretty much smoke him most every game\u2026okay, maybe not every game \u2013 given that I just finished speaking at the conference on Integrity I suppose I better admit that perhaps every once in a blue moon he might get super-duper lucky enough to beat me once or twice\u2026but it\u2019s rare \ud83d\ude42 ).<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what I can tell you – I\u2019ve been all over the world and I\u2019ve been to some truly incredible places, but there is simply no place on earth that can compare with being home with your family. Which is why I am SO EXCITED that I get to spend the rest of the holidays this year at HOME.<\/p>\n
~Amy Rees Anderson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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