I Miss Family!

Well, I was busted...I started to blog about this last week, but decided not to in an effort to prevent a whiny atmosphere, but I posted the title and a family member saw it, so I decided to just whine a little bit. I didn't want to say anything before because I don't want anyone to think we are unhappy or lonesome in our new little town and in a home that we feel extremely blessed to live in. So just to start off, we know we are extremely blessed!! and another blessing we have is an incredible family on all sides that we don't get to see as often as we would like. We chose the town we are living in based on location in regard to jobs and finances and when we moved we thought, "OH it will be so great...we will be closer to everyone! We will be about the same distance from E.J.'s parents, only 1.5 hours from my parents, 3 hours closer to my Indiana brother and his beautiful family, only 40 minutes from my other brother, less than an hour away from E.J.'s sister and her precious family...it will be great!! We will see everybody so much more!" And we have seen some family way more than we did before, but being within reach has made me realize how much I want to be able to swing by to see family on the way home from work or regularly eat Sunday afternoon dinner with family or have nieces/nephews ride their bike to our house for a weekend sleepover or just to bake cookies or watch a movie with us. I want to see all of their sporting events and recitals and help with puzzles on rainy days and swing at the park on beautiful days. I want to see and experience nieces/nephews growing up and be part of their daily lives. Everytime I get to spend some time with the kiddos, it makes my heart grow heavier, because I am always left wanting more time with them. And as we get older and get closer to talking about having kids of our own, it makes me want to be closer to family all the more. I want our kids to be able to play with their cousins whenever they want to and I want to be able to drop the kids off on their way home from preschool to sleepover with grandparents. I want our kids to be able to spend as much time with their family as possible, so they understand how blessed they are to be in a family with as much love as ours. But as my Papaw always used to say, "It's not what you want that makes you fat, it's what you get." So maybe someday I will be fat with family next door, but until then know that we love you all very much and miss you so very much! and know that we are happy and content and blessed right here, right now where God has us.

Psalm 37: 4 "Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart."