My Travel Tree

I put up several trees a year but this one is, by far, my favorite... "Our Travel Tree"

 

 It hold sand from a few of the beaches we've visited...

 
 Purchased ornaments from our travels...

It contains ornaments my kids have made on our Christmas Ski trips...

And even a shattered one from a "rough night" in Vegas...

And what TRAVEL TREE would be complete without a Globe for a tree topper...

 

There is something about this tree that instantly turns me into a storyteller.. I can remember things, moments, details, smells, sounds.. This tree has also taught me that I will never be completely whole  again.. for a part of me was left behind in every single one of these places we visited..