No good at goodbyes

Taken in summer 2010- since then we have a new addition to the family- Quil Alexander and this year Christine will become one of us as well. Love that our family keeps growing- now can we all move within 5 hrs of each other?!

Distance...I hate it. I miss my family. I had an amazing 1 1/2 days home for Easter, but it wasn't even close to being enough. #1 reason why I can't wait to be finished with school is so I can visit them for more than 2 days every few months. I dread saying goodbye to my family. I think we say it at least 300,000,485 times before I actually leave. And even then i'm still thinking about them, it kills me! But- even if I only got to see them for an hour every few months, it's always refreshing for me. I am so blessed by them. Prayers, love, support- what more could I ask for? They keep me going. Phone calls from Lydia- leaving me messages after a long day, breaking out in songs, laughing, joking, and everything else, it puts an enormous smile on my face and reminds me to give thanks at all times. Growing up in such a big family, I never thought any of us would ever be apart from each other- though at times I had wished it! Now, i'm begging for time with them. My older siblings have all gone off and started their own families. The occasional pictures and phone calls are the only thing to remind me that I do have older siblings (and aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, niece and nephews!) still. It's hard not. I miss them all like crazy. But, I am so proud of all of them. I know they are where God wants them and is using them mightily! I pray that wherever we are, we never grow distant- even with the distance. We are blessed. Thank You Lord!