{"id":531,"date":"2011-12-22T20:45:22","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T02:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/?p=531"},"modified":"2011-12-22T20:45:22","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T02:45:22","slug":"ill-be-home-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/?p=531","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I&#8217;ll Be Home For Christmas&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll be home for Christmas.<br \/>\nYou can count on me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We go home for Christmas. Or we wait for our kids to come home for Christmas. Christmas is about waiting and surprises.\u00a0It is especially true for my family this year. Most of my family was waiting for kids to come home. Katelyn is in Abbotsford. Amanda and Tyler are in Ottawa. And Vanessa is in Germany. Then within days of each other they came home. Katelyn arrived home first. Amanda and Tyler arrived on the train the same night that Vanessa flew in from Germany. Vanessa&#8217;s arrival was a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday night we went out to the VIA station and waited for the train to bring Amanda and Tyler. We stood out in the dark anticipating a glimpse of the lights. Waiting inside the train station were Tyler&#8217;s family and Amanda&#8217;s best friend. She was waiting to surprise Amanda.<\/p>\n<p>Would it be on time? \u00a0Just after 11 p.m. we saw the train rounding the bend. The train rolled to a stop and people started to get off. And then we heard Amanda calling us.<\/p>\n<p>They were home for Christmas!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MG_0748.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-537\" title=\"Train yard_MG_0748\" src=\"http:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MG_0748.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MG_0748.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MG_0748-300x112.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MG_0774.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-538\" title=\"Arriving_MG_0774\" src=\"http:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MG_0774.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MG_0774.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MG_0774-300x112.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MG_0793_antique.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-540\" title=\"_MG_0793_antique\" src=\"http:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MG_0793_antique.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MG_0793_antique.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MG_0793_antique-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/New_MG_0790_bw_tint.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-541\" title=\"New_MG_0790_bw_tint\" src=\"http:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/New_MG_0790_bw_tint.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/New_MG_0790_bw_tint.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/New_MG_0790_bw_tint-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MG_0789_layers_type.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-539\" title=\"Home for Christmas_MG_0789\" src=\"http:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MG_0789_layers_type.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MG_0789_layers_type.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.debbieunrau.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MG_0789_layers_type-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll be home for Christmas. You can count on me.&#8221; We go home for Christmas. Or we wait for our kids to come home for Christmas. 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