Happy March!!
Well I have had an eventful last 2 weeks! My husband had to go to India for his job, and my fathers 1 year cancer free anniversary was coming up, so I decided to go home!
There is nothing like home.
My mom and I watched the Olympics intently, went shopping and I ate way too much. The funny thing is, I thought I might go home and work on losing a few pounds (getting ready for the summer) and I am not sure what on earth I was thinking because it is home. I am not sure anyone can go home and actually lose weight – I ended up gaining weight. There was no one to blame but myself and my mom and my dad and even the dogs.
I wasn’t planning on staying very long because it is impossible to leave my business for too long but one snow storm after the next just kept hitting, and I was seriously snowed in. Though it stressed me out, and I was again deeply grateful for my iphone – it was wonderful to just be in the company of my parents.
I slept in my old room, I read my old journals (I don’t advise ever doing this), I looked at my photos from long ago, and I just spent time soaking in that love and time.
Time is something that seems to escape me as I get older. And as I get older I find that I want it more. I haven’t lived at home since I was 17, and I terribly miss being close to my family.
I set out on my dreams and they lead me all over the world, but by 27 all I want to do is go back. It isn’t that I want to move back, but that I just want to be where my parents are.
I am tired of saying goodbye, and I am tired of feeling my heartache as I round the corner filling the air with waves until I can’t see the house and even then, I wave just a bit longer. I am tired of crying for the first 30 mins of the 9 hour drive, and I am tired of feeling as though I didn’t absorb the time as I should have.
But I am forever grateful for the moments I have.
There are many new things coming in and I am excited to start putting them up! The items I have put up are already moving fast, and though I never keep high quantities of anything – at the pace they are selling this season, I might be rethinking that for next.
Warmer air is coming soon, and I am actually looking forward to it.
I have had all the snow I have wished for and more, though I am not tired of it – it was just actually fulfilling enough so that I am open to the concept of summer.
March giveaway will be up shortly, and keep checking the new arrivals page for all the spring/summer goodies!
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All I can tell you is that 20+ from now you will still be missing your parents and wishing you were near to them. You may miss them even more if/when your children are born. I’ve not lived in my parents’ home in 27 years, and I still feel like I’m home when I visit them. These parent/child bonds never die.
I couldn’t agree more. Thank you for sharing that with me!