We have the Christmas tradition of an elf that wakes up every night and does good deeds for the family. One busy night while we were in Seattle, it forgot to wake up. The next day Eden asked me why the elf didn’t do anything. I said I didn’t know and I asked her why she thought it didn’t. Her answer was:

Maybe the elf is just plane sick [jet lagged]. Or maybe the elf is homesick. Or, maybe the elf knows that it is going back to London soon and it is sad because it wants to stay here forever.

I answered, “That’s how Mama feels.”

Eden admitted, “Yeah, I think I feel a little like that too.”