Someday there will come a time when an important milestone passes where my immediate thought isn't along the lines of it being the first time I've been able to celebrate it in Dunhaven, rather than via video messaging from whatever location overseas I happened to be at the time, and that was just if I was very lucky. It's a bittersweet thought and I look forward to having years of memories with my family to look back on for those days.
In the meantime, though, it felt very good indeed to get to be here as our Hana celebrated turning three today. I missed her birth and only just missed her second birthday, so being here to watch her eat cake and open presents and just be her normal, goofy self was a treat beyond words. I'm glad to know that I'll be here for the birthdays to come, too.