Emotional Roller Coaster

It's been an emotional week for me. Work distracts me, but it's still been hard knowing that our friends are moving 12 hours away. Last night was a farewell youth group party. We had known that this was going to be the last time that we saw them before they leave. I enjoyed a lot of time with Jack and Liam while the kids and most of the adults played games. When it came time for Sandy to take the boys home to get ready for bed, a heaviness came over my whole body. I started preparing for the goodbyes, when Sandy realized they would be in Taylorville on Friday night having dinner with some friends, and decided they could stop by our house. She wasn't ready for the goodbye either.

She left, but it still didn't stop my tears. I had a nice chat with a great lady from church and she and I did a little bit of crying together. I was thankful for someone to talk to in that moment. I had more tears on the way home while talking with Jacob. Then this morning I had a message from Sandy who had forgotten that the boys weren't going to be with them on Friday night, so we won't see them again. Yep. I cried again. At the same time though, I feel like it's for the best. God gave me a great opportunity last night to spend time with each of the boys. He knew that's what I could handle better. Tomorrow night we'll say our goodbyes to Seth and Sandy. I doubt I'll be able to hold it together...I'm crying as I type. Told ya I was emotional.

I'm so thankful that God put them in our lives and I know that even with 12 hours between us, we will always remain friends.

I also feel like God is helping me out through all of this, by giving me something to look forward to as well. After the goodbyes are finalized, we'll be heading to Iowa. I'm looking forward to being around both my own family and also Jacob's. This will be the first time we've gone to visit Rachel and Micah, so we're really looking forward to it!

And even though we'll be back mid-week, I took the whole week off. I plan to enjoy my 9 full days off of work! Only 1 more day to go and then I'm free!!