Well we went to our "second home" Colorado in February. We had not been home to visit for an entire year! This was the longest time I had been away.
It was so good to see everyone and see the Colorado landscape, I do miss the sense and the place that Colorado evokes in me. I think when you grow up somewhere and have so many memories there is a feeling you cannot even name that is stirred and you just want to sit in it. It was also great seeing so many shops and so close! It is still wild when you live on an island where you travel 45 minutes to Walmart to be able to have access to so much.
Highlights...seeing Deveraux and her cousins play and I mean just Play, seeing Anderson in the snow, taking in the family just loving on us, the mall carousal and train ride, American Girl Doll dream store for Deveraux, seeing the mountains, and just the feeling of being home.
The hard part was the flu that descended on many members of our family including Anderson, it was stressful and it is difficult acting as a single parent but it always makes me feel strong and confident when Anderson, Deveraux, and I weather a journey together. We tried to press on and continue in activities but I especially missed out on seeing my mom and having Anderson enjoy our outings. There will be a next time. My sister said I seemed less filled with agenda and just went with the flow more, in part I think that comes with having 2 children, sometimes you just have to go with it! I really didn't see many people, that hopefully will come next trip, there are many faces I would like to see!
I returned thankful and blessed along with the familiar ache of leaving something behind that I shouldn't be leaving. It is hard to be away.
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