The hardest part about living so far away from my family is not being around for my nieces and nephews as much as I’d like. Sometimes I feel terribly guilty about choosing to live so far away, but I also know I would be a misery to be around if I moved back to the east coast at this point in my life.

I do my best to stay up on and in their lives as much as I can. Thankfully the little buggars always know how to make Princess Aunt Holly laugh from half the world away.