What Eli says...

So this is really just an addendum to my post from yesterday about missionaries, but when I received Elder Webster's email this afternoon, I couldn't resist blogging one paragraph in his own words. Lots of missionary moms create entire blogs just for their missionaries, where they post all their letters, along with pictures, etc. I don't do that; I just have this one blog, which Gerald calls a "mommy blog" although I don't always only post about my children, right? Anyway, even if I tried, I could not replicate the "voice" in Eli's letter today. He cracks us up:

 "Halloween is an awesome holiday, but at the same time it sucks. Because once Halloween hits, then boom! It's November already, then Thanksgiving, then all of a sudden it's Christmas season! Then it's Christmas, then bam!! 2013 is over. And then Elder Webster is sad, because not long into 2014 he goes home. It just seems that once Halloween hits, then the rest of the year just zooms by. It's crazy."

 

What is the deal, Elder? You NEVER want to come home? Shouldn't he be at least a little bit homesick by now? It's been 18 1/2 months! We miss him. Anyway, I thought you might enjoy Eli's perception of Halloween and why it's an awesome holiday but also sucks.