As I was driving home from my "last minute shopping trip before Thanksgiving" tonight, I started thinking about my Utah family. I've tried really hard not to this week, because I know that it will only make me super homesick and I'll start to cry and I didn't want to do that. I couldn't help it tonight.
I've never made my own Thanksgiving dinner before... I never wanted to make my own Thanksgiving dinner. I still don't. I am perfectly content going to three different houses, over two days time, and having three dinners where I just have to supply a simple side-dish or dessert! I am completely stressed out trying to make sure I know what I'm doing... trying to get the kids excited about it... trying to figure out how to cook everything so that it's all done at the same time...I really didn't need the homesick to hit me... if you know what I mean!
The biggest lesson I've learned since living here in Cleveland, is to be thankful for having family closeby. I wish that I would have spent more time with them when we lived so close to them. Yeah, it can be tough having both sides of the family within 20 minutes of each other... trying to juggle it so that each family gets equal time. I would trade being thousands of miles away from them for the juggling anytime.
Hopefully our Thanksgiving dinner won't be too lonesome tomorrow and the tears will stop before too long! I miss my family so much.... and love them even more than ever before. At least I have something really big to be thankful for this year!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Lessons from Cleveland...
As I was driving home from my "last minute shopping trip before Thanksgiving" tonight, I started thinking about my Utah family. I've tried really hard not to this week, because I know that it will only make me super homesick and I'll start to cry and I didn't want to do that. I couldn't help it tonight.
I've never made my own Thanksgiving dinner before... I never wanted to make my own Thanksgiving dinner. I still don't. I am perfectly content going to three different houses, over two days time, and having three dinners where I just have to supply a simple side-dish or dessert! I am completely stressed out trying to make sure I know what I'm doing... trying to get the kids excited about it... trying to figure out how to cook everything so that it's all done at the same time...I really didn't need the homesick to hit me... if you know what I mean!
The biggest lesson I've learned since living here in Cleveland, is to be thankful for having family closeby. I wish that I would have spent more time with them when we lived so close to them. Yeah, it can be tough having both sides of the family within 20 minutes of each other... trying to juggle it so that each family gets equal time. I would trade being thousands of miles away from them for the juggling anytime.
Hopefully our Thanksgiving dinner won't be too lonesome tomorrow and the tears will stop before too long! I miss my family so much.... and love them even more than ever before. At least I have something really big to be thankful for this year!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Oh Chelle, you are going to make me cry. We really wish you were going to be here tomorrow too. I will take lots of pictures to send to you ok. I hope your dinner is great. (I don't know how it wouldn't be with you cooking it.:) I wish I could hop a plane and come visit. Thank goodness Kyle is getting married so we can see you soon. I love you. Missie
That little snapshot of whatever room that is looks so much like the Wilde's upstairs family room. So many babies!
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