In 2019, we hosted Christmas at our house in San Antonio. My family flew or drove from the east coast (yes, it’s a 24-hour drive), and Meera’s drove down from the lake (a much-more-sensible one-hour drive).
The day after Christmas for us is always a chance to get outside. December 23 is often a travel day; Christmas Eve is full of cooking and wrapping and worship; and Christmas is full of eating and unwrapping and family. At that point, everybody needs a break and some fresh air.
So of course we had to take them down to the Riverwalk, where we apparently convinced them to take this very nice picture of just the two of us.
![Portrait-mode photo of me and Meera in front of poinsettias and the San Antonio river.](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/1214/2023/c6e74e1a98.jpg)