They’re Back - and There’s More to Each of Them

I don’t realize how much I feel my pieces gone until they all come back when the kiddies come home🥰

Now I can breathe deeper again.

My cubs, my nestlings, are back in the nest.

We laughed.

For the first 2 hours of our drive home we swapped stories and laughed. From the belly. The best kind of laughing.

I made them read a couple of my posts I wrote since they were away…the one about the ghost, the one where they answered questions about mom from 6 years ago…they all loved them. It’s the best when my kids read my posts and say “that’s really good, mama. I like that one.”

And noticing all the changes that have happened in the month and a half that they’ve been away.…Evan and Bannon are both taller than me now. They weren’t when I dropped them off on July 1st… Alec - my tall gentleman - we all walked into a gas station on the way home to buy gas, refreshments and use the bathroom, Alec was about to walk in ahead of me then stopped and held the door open for me to go first.

I was crying inside with such pride at this new awareness and consideration. A small thing tied to a big feeling for me.

I bought 3 ice creams and we were sharing between the 4 of us (Henry stayed with Dad, and my sweet Boo Boo is still working in Sask until August 29th so she isn’t here yet…) and I just listened and watched as they took bites and passed to each other. Asking Evan if she had a bite of the Oreo ice cream sandwich yet, Alec making sure everyone had their fill before he polished off the caramel drumstick…

They really do look out for each other. I am so proud of that.

It’s amazing to see the ways they’ve grown when they’ve been away for so long. It’s bittersweet beauty at it’s best.