Long Journey Home

Tonight my heart breaks for Angie, as she is headed home bright and early in the morning.

I know that journey she's taking.  Believe me, it is a long journey home when you get on the plane and leave your grandbabies... knowing you probably won't see them for many months. Possibly another year. 

A lot of changes happen in the life of a child during one year. You miss so much during the first years of a babies life. Oh... you miss so much during the life of any child, when you live across country. She's leaving all nine of  her grandchildren. 17 years, 15 years, 12 years, 10 years, 5 years, 3 toddlers, and the baby girl.

So she's off to her home in the midwest... where she can be a grandma to my grandbabies out there. Here in Washington, I'll try to capture some of the moments through my camera lens and send her photos. Trying to be the best grandma to our grandbabies that I can be. I know she's there for my kids when they need chicken soup during the flu season or a kiss on an owie...

Knowing she's there as a grandma to my grandbabies is comforting to me... but I'm having an exceptionally hard time this week. Andrea and Mitch's house didn't sell, so they aren't moving out here right now.  

I don't want to question why... because I'm so thankul to know my kids are trying to live the faith as we taught them. But then again... I sit here crying and wondering... why.

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