Goodbye
Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 4:41PM We have been so busy and have had such late nights recently that I haven't had a chance to sit down at the computer and collect my thoughts enough to put anything on here. Today we dropped my parents off at the airport; I left amidst great sorrow and flowing of tears on the parts of Christian and Eliana. Eliana did not want Grandma and Grandpa to get out of the car and go in the airport. And Christian missed his hug from Grandpa somehow. But after a few minutes of lamenting everyone settled down and we arrived home.
The house is so quiet when any guests leave. It doesn't matter if it's six kids or just two grown-ups; there is always this quiet, readjustment period of time.
Just before we drove up to the departure gates my mom said,"I like hellos more than goodbyes!" I agree. The goodbyes are hard.
I suppose it gives us that much more to look forward to...the next big hello hug.
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And now I shall have the lyrics of "Hello Goodbye" bye the Beatles in my head.
Glad you had a good visit. Glad that you're sad to say goodbye.
hee, hee, I thought the same thing about those lyrics as I posted.
aw, I soooo understand this post, we are always having to say goodbye, so goes the life of a military family. Hang in there, I'll keep you company=D
Yes, those military families help keep my perspective from getting too skewed! What a tough thing, but if you make the effort these days it's so much easier to stay connected! Skype is our friend!