My husband is the perennial positive thinker and yet somehow he manages to maintain his cynicism, it is an odd paradox. (I digress, he sits beside me, editing me – that is why I digress.)
We rented a house in Nashville, TN because my daughters live impossibly far, one in Kansas City with husband and two sons and one in Norfolk, Virginia with just the two sons. There are four boys under the age of four. It’s somewhat like being in a very crowded room with someone yelling at you at all times. My family has been changing, admittedly, it’s been going on for five years now, but we do not change easily.
Our separation from each other grieves us; we did not know that the distance would be so great. We did not know that our calendars would be so full and so demanding and that would leave us lonely for each other.
So here it is New Year’s 2014 and we separate again today. For just this moment I want to say thank you to Bridget and Tebey; they gave us their home for the week and for that, my large and inconvenient family could be together. We loved, we cried, we argued and we chased small boys for five days, worth every single moment. And for this, I thank you Bridget and Tebey for helping us to make it possible to keep our family together while the impossible distance threatens to engulf us. You are everything we wish to be; generous, open and caring souls who feel better when helping others and when loving each other.