THE END of all the excitement that leads up to Christmas.
THE END of driving hours to spend Christmas with friends and family.
THE END of being spoiled like crazy by all those people!
THE END of the great joy we receive from being with our family and watching the joy our girls bring to them!
THE END of homecooked meals which we don't have to cook and eating at our favorite "back home" restaurants and eating and eating and eating!
THE END of very relaxed schedules.
THE END of our break from school.
THE END of having help with the girls.
THE END of spending every day as a family and getting to see A a lot more than we normally do!
Wow, it could be depressing to think about that too long so I will choose to think of this time as the beginning of our wait for our next time with our family and friends in Alabama! We had a wonderful time and are very thankful for the time we got to spend in Alabama. It may be next Christmas before I get all the stuff we brought home sorted and put away! Everyone was so generous to us as always! No matter how long we stay we never feel like there is enough time. We always need just one more day! There are always those who we want to see and time runs out. We love you all! Leaving is never easy. As we got on 20W yesterday and the tears began to flow as they always do when I see 20W I thought why is this always so hard. After 4 years, shouldn't I be a pro at this by now but there is just something about getting on that long stretch that separates us that gets me every time. As I've said a million times, I really like it here and there is peace in knowing that God has us here at least for now but we do miss our family. I am so thankful for the wonderful memories and now back to normalcy!
Of course I have pictures and of course I have A LOT of them so I will post them probably in parts or in a slideshow as soon as I get them all sorted.
Hope you all have a wonderful first full week of the New Year!
Sunday, January 4, 2009
THE END
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2 comments:
I know exactly how you feel. But really, you were close and we could met you on 20W. And then we would have been sad we weren't headed west with ya!
I know! Too bad we can't have the best of both worlds!
I wish we had seen you. I didn't do very well this time of planning ahead and when you don't plan ahead then you just never get around to everyone. We for sure want to see you next time we are in AL! Miss you!
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