Famliy

We’ve been in Texas now for about 3 months. I love it here. The scenery is beautiful and there is so much to do around us. However, it has gotten lonesome at times and that unwanted feeling of being home sick comes upon you easily. A couple weeks ago after a couple of difficult days at work I came home and could feel a lump forming in the back of my throat as tears began to well up in my eyes. Its one of those things that is hard to describe but the pain of it is so real. You miss the familiar, you miss your family, you miss cookouts with friends and family, you miss birthday parties, and Father’s Day celebrations. You miss it all.

However, thanks to technology you can still feel connected and can still see the ones you love daily if you want to. However, it still does not replace the hug from your mom or your sister. It doesn’t replace the desire to be close to those that you love. Distance does teach you the importance of those conversations and the desire to make sure that the people you love know that you love them.

Since we have been here I have learned the value in those daily or at least weekly phone calls with family to help ease the pain. My only hope is that when they do come down to visit that they fall in love and decide to move down here and become Texans!!

 So here's to Facebook, Instagram, phone calls and text messages to help me & my family stay in contact!!