The Missing Feeling

Dear Gabriel,

We are getting ready to leave Idaho and go back to Southern Utah. We have been up here for a month! Already I am getting that 'missing feeling'. My heart just aches when I think about not being around my family very much for the next few months. Then... I just count my blessings and thank the Lord for being able to see them as much as I do.

How do some women do it? Military wives who go months and months without their husbands. The missing feeling must over take them. My friend who permanently lost her parents and can never go back to South America. The missing feeling must engulf her for her home land! Children who go months and years without seeing their mom or dad because of abandonment... I can't imagine what that missing feeling is like.

The missing feeling is an amazing reminder of everything I HAVE. I am so grateful to have a family that is so close. I am so grateful to have siblings that love me and I love them. I am so grateful to have parents who encourage me no matter what. I am so grateful to have a family who loves my husband so unconditionally. I am just so grateful that I actually feel the 'missing feeling' because I love them so much. Some people never feel that feeling simply because of grudges, pride and greed.

Remember, the missing feeling is a signal that there really is something GREAT about a relationship. When I miss them and they miss me, I truly know we love each other.

I love you,

Your Mom