This is the first year i have to spend without my dad (2016), and i made this as a nod to all the Christmases I would spend up at his place. A bit of an odd story about my dad:

My biological father is not on my birth certificate, so my step Grandfather stepped in and became the dad figure in my life. He was with me every step of my life. Baptism, Fist communion, Confirmation, and much much more. He was at my Graduation from High school. He knew what my gifts were, and he always nutrured them. I had a knack for writing, crafting, and most importantly learning and teaching. He will not be there to see me get my teaching degree, he will not be there to see the dedication of the school i will open. But I know that up in heaven he looks down and sees me working to get my life back in order to get that goal accomplished.