My edible husband is headed to Atlanta, GA and then to
Birmingham, AL to paint at the Congressional Pilgrimage to Selma. He'll be gone until Monday afternoon. Please keep
him in prayer! This is only one of prayerfully-many-more-to-come-opportunities
for him to be a blessing through his art, and I'm so very proud of him! I know
that it's going to be a super-duper blessed experience!!!
This will be our longest separation since August of 2007,
which was when he went to Lagos, Nigeria with his family for a church mission.
We weren't married (and therefore, not living together) then, so the separation
wasn't AS terrible as this one might be for me.
I don't mind being away from him for a time because it gives
us the ability to miss each other. Also, I rather enjoy spending time alone.
The hardest part for me, I think, will be at night. I sleep so much better, so
much more peacefully, with him next to me...
Another thing that will be difficult for ME is dealing with
the kids. See, he's the "fun" parent. He's adventurous and gets us to
go out and do things - to be honest, just being AROUND him, even if it's just
to watch TV, is fun because he's so funny and engaging. You know how normal
people just space out while watching TV, even with others in the room with
them, even during commercials? My husband's not like that. He'll talk to the
TV, make jokes about what's happening or see a weird-looking character on the
screen and say, "Look at your mommy, Ha!" or "Look at Noah's
wife! Ha!" (Noah's my 14 year old son.) With him gone, the kids are going
to be ridiculously bored out of their minds unless I think of something interesting
for them to do. And that's hard for me because I could be holed up in my room
all day playing with my nail polishes or makeup, watching romantic comedies
starring British actors all day long and be happy as can be...
I know, it sounds terribly selfish....
I was thinking about going to my bro's house to visit, but
he and his wife won't be there. My mom's babysitting his kids for him and it
feels weird to go visit someone's house without the owners of said house being
present. It feels like a violation or something...so I don't know....
Until next time,
XOXOXO - Jessika
(This post was published late for safety reasons. Didn't want people knowing the man of the house was gone for the weekend.)
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