I am so excited to be heading home to Utah soon to visit family and friends for Christmas... I hope we can actually go. The roads are horrible and the forecast is snowy the entire 12 hour trip home which is sort of a bummer. We might have a hotel Christmas somewhere along I-84. Who knows...
Since I have been stuck in my house pretty much all week I have just thinking about life and changes that are coming and reflecting I guess. This weather is forcing us to snow down --pause if you will and all that free time jsut makes me reflect. These past few years have been really interesting and I am so grateful that Derek and Easton and I have had this experience of being a little family in Oregon. Our time here has flown by- we have met some amazing people and really grown close as a family. But there are times when I just really feel like we are missing out on things at home and that is when I really have to gather my faith in the future and hope that all our sacrifices will pay off.
I really want to be able to cuddle my nieces and nephews and be silly with my siblings and talk to my parents and be close again. It is so hard to explain the distance that I feel from living far away- it's not geographical, it's more than that and it really makes me sad sometimes that when we do get a chance to come home there is just never the time to truly spend with everyone.
In five months we will be packing and heading on the next phase of our adventure, moving out onto rotations and we'll move 5 times next year. It is going to be very interesting. I am so grateful for the wonderful husband I have and I hope that I never take for granted all the sacrifices he is making to provide a great life for us. He is really the one who holds me together and he is so understanding of me and I love him so much.
Life is just so interesting. We have tried to plan and it just seems like we are never fully able to get the plan we planned. Looking back at life- there always seems to be a pattern of testing and faith and blessings... in the thick of the testing part is where it always gets hard. I am sure that the Lord had and will continue to look out for our little family and I trust in Him and his plan for us.
So even though I want to be home right now, I guess that while I miss that place, this place has really taught me things I couldn't learn there and that's the beauty of the plan now isn't it?
6 comments:
I sure hope you can make it down here to spend Christmas with your family! Thanks for the good thoughts. You definitely have to have faith to get you through life and I always appreciate being reminded of that.
Hang in there sis! I know life can be tough sometimes, but otherwise we can't learn. I'm a slow learner, I think you are faster than me.
I KNOW you'll be able to make it down here, where is your faith? Do you think you guys are the only people traveling this time of year? Geesh! You're gonna make it, and it will be great!
It's good to have time to reflect on all of our blessings, we have so much! You never know what the Lord has in store...
Great post. I think the holiday season always makes me more reflective. It is hard being away from family, I hope we both get to live close to our fun families someday.
I feel ya Char. It's hard to live away. I feel like I miss out on everything.
I finally decided about a year ago I was going to quit saying "As soon as..." and just enjoy each day. I was always saying "As soon as we move here or there or Arron gets back from here or there things will be...easier, more fun, better". But I was totally missing the experience of right then.
I hope you make it home for Christmas. It's fun to be around family and enjoy the big family traditions.
Love ya,
Brook
As Josh is preparing for graduation and interviewing for jobs, I too am wondering how I am going to survive next year being far from my family. This Christmas I am trying to make extra special knowing that we may be miles away next year. I am excited for the new adventures to start, but am nervous about missing the fun things that my family does. We can't wait to see you guys this weekend. Drive carefully and Have a Merry Christmas!
That's so great though that you still get to come home every now and then. All of the sacrifices of the last couple of years will pay off!
** I know you'll be super busy but we are all going to go out to "La Carreta" Peruvian Restaurant on Sat. the 3rd for lunch. So if you are able to come it would be great to see you guys. It's been so long & we miss our dear friends! Love ya! and hang in there, it'll be a great Christmas & how blessed are you to get to spend it close to your family!
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