My sister and her family and my dad and his wife left this morning around 10, and man, what a weird and quiet and hard day! What a gift to have those precious days with them, especially after it had been SO LONG. We were also so blessed to celebrate Addy's 3rd birthday and Mayah's 2nd birthday (November 18 & 19), and it was such a gift to be a part of that. They are all such miracles, but Mayah especially (born at under 2 lbs) just strikes me again and again as she runs and tumbles and chatters...what a miracle, every day.
Our time together was precious...long hours on the porch and in the yard, neighborhood walks, a petting zoo, reading books, doing crafts, eating good food, staying up way too late...it was just sweet to be with family, with those with whom no explaining is necessary...and to watch the eight kids just relish EVERY second of built in forever friends.
Tomorrow we jump back on the school thing hard, and keep trying to answer those hard questions of "why do we live so far away?" You'd think we'd have a good response by now.
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