home away from home

anticipation. my heart has been racing all day. eager to see the kiddos. anxious in my suitcase stuffing (I am a notorious over-packer). a few butterflies about traveling.

but all will be well come tomorrow when I get on that airplane (business class thanks to the hubs mega-miles of travel points) and I know in a few short hours we will all be together. big mommy sigh.

I get use to being apart from my children. I never get use to being apart from them. I finally get what my mom must have felt each time I left home for a new adventure. going off to school. getting married. moving far away. that heaviness in your heart. it slowly fades away after every goodbye. and a little light shines in with each phone call and email. and that light grows with every bit of good news, success story and happy moment they share. when they begin asking how you are doing. how my day has been. what have I been up to. amazingly enough ... they are actually interested. you carry on an adult conversation about the weirdest things. taxes. mortgages. school districts. that recipe that I use to make that they want to make for dinner tonight. it is then I realize that they have grown up (and, silly as it sounds, I am still surprised by that fact!). happy mommy moments.

so we are going to see the kiddos in LA. home. their home. where they are happy. successful. loved. in love. blessed. joyful. friended. and I couldn't be prouder or more delighted. of them. for them. and so looking forward to sharing every bit of that with them for a few days. and the rest of our lives. blessed mommy.

'while we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.'