Over Thanksgiving with my family this November, I came to a sort of fork in the road: I had to get work this December or I would have to come back home for a couple months. I had been looking for work for several months but nothing had come through. So I kept applying for work even while at home that week, and the last day, I found something. The only thing was that I would have to work over Christmas and New Years. I had to take it if I wanted to stay in Nashville, and I desperately wanted to stay in Nashville.

So this year, I won’t be home for Christmas. This is the first time anyone in our immediate family has been away for Christmas, and this song came out of that. As sad as I feel about it, I can’t tell you how thankful I am for work, and thankful that Christmas is usually such a special time with my family. This is the first year I understand, on some level, the heartache people feel when they don’t have a family or friends to be with.

So this song is an expression of my own sadness, but also dedicated to those who are alone over the holidays. xo