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I'm a Little Sad

« H E My Thoughts :: Donna :: email
posted Sunday, 15 July 2007

I know things never stay the same.  Sometimes things change for the worse and other times for the better.  Then there are times when things just change. 

In the past when my husband and I visited our children and granddaughters, we stayed with our daughter and her family.  During those visits, we spent most of the time with them, being there when our granddaughters did things like playing board games and pretending they were dogs or cats and when they got ready for bed and woke up in the morning.  Many mornings, they would jump in bed with us.  We would snuggle, giggle, or act crazy.  We also spent time talking to and watching TV with our daughter after our granddaughters were in bed. 

As you know if you read my blog on a regular basis, we are in the process of moving near them.  We recently closed on a new house and had a new bed and couches delivered.  So we are staying in our own house when we are there.  We are waiting for my husband to retire at the end of next month before moving there permanently.  I realized that by staying at our own house, I’ve missed those mornings and evenings. 

Not long ago I had dinner at a restaurant with our daughter and family.  Afterwards, our youngest granddaughter said something about me coming to their house.  Our daughter told her that I was going to my own house, and because we were moving near them, they would see us more often but not for extended periods like before. 

It made me feel sad.  Oh, I know we’ll be spending more time with our family on a regular basis, and that is a wonderful thing.  But I’ll still miss those times.  I guess we’ll just have to try to create them!

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My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue,
but in deed and in truth.  And by this we know that we are of the truth,
and shall assure our hearts before Him.  1 John 3:18


comments (1)


1. Call Me Grandma left...
Monday, 16 July 2007 5:04 am

I just noticed your DH will be retired in 1 month and 15 days. That sure went fast. You will have to have sleep overs with your grand daughters at your new place. Noah always spends the nights with us. We even had Noah's little birthday party at my place yesterday. You'll see, it will be so much nicer. Somedays you can just pick up the phone and ask the grandkids, you want to go to the mall or do you want to go to lunch at MacDonalds. I know you can't help but feel sad about the move. You probably have a lot of memories in your old house. You are writing a new chapter in your book of life.