5 minutes to write on distance. It kind of feels like a game. So I'm sneaking it in while the boys eat breakfast and entertain the baby in the high chair. I hear squeals, sillies, and craziness, but I'm just gonna write. It's only five minutes. Surely nothing terrible will happen in five minutes.
Go.
There is a distance between all family now. We moved from a comfortable walking-distance to my parents. Now we're 5+ hours away. We moved close to my husband's family, but still 30 minutes from them. Starting over. Again.
How many times have I started over in my life? Too many to count. And I love it. I love every time we pack up and head off to some new adventure. But maybe it's my age. Maybe I've simply started over enough. I think I need a start-over break. (until I start getting restless...which will happen...)
I looked at last year's calendar and it was filled with events involving my family. Daily littles: watch my niece, Mom and Dad's for dinner, park with sister-in-law. Now those littles are over. I can't even seem to find the time to call my sister-in-law right now. Last year we talked almost every day.
Starting over. From a long ways away.
Stop.
(over the 5 minutes now, but I have to finish my thought)
I have new daily littles now. Another set of nieces and nephews. Other Christmas performances. Another set of parents at whose house to have dinner. New friends to make. I love it. I'm excited for every new event. But I still miss the old littles.
*this picture of Grace has nothing to do with distance or 5 minutes or the price of beans, but it's cute and look at her feet and I had to include it. So there.
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4 comments:
I've had a lot of starting-overs in my life, too! Last year was the biggest, when I got married and moved almost 4 hours away from my parents and 3 of my sisters and the nieces I used to see several times a week.
It's an adventure, to be sure!
(The dress she's wearing is adorable! Did you make it?)
Thanks Rebekah! Actually, a friend made the dress and I need to get pictures to her. I was so excited when we got it in the mail!
Christy, I love starting over again (minus the packing and unpacking. Bleh). Being a pastor's family we've done that a good bit. It is great to have a fresh start, but you always leave a piece of you behind, don't you?
Tell me how you ended up in Ecuador?
That dress looks like something my sister-in-law Kristina would make. She has a business making those type of cute clothes for kids. It is adorable!
Gaby, I can see I'm going to have to spend more time on your blog! I was able to be in Ecuador for two weeks - but was in Quito and then down to the jungle to Shell Mera. It was a short little missions trip. Loved it!!!
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