In which I sort of feel orphanish.
There are all kinds of orphans. Some are true orphans. Some just feel that way.
I've moved so far from my family that it is very difficult to stay connected with them.
My sister and I talk daily. My parents and I, maybe twice a month. My grandmothers, a few times a year. Aunts maybe a couple times a year.
I envy those who live in close proximity and can enjoy family.
I haven't seen anyone except my sister in two years.
My husband's family is all around us. And in some ways we are orphans from them too. We live far enough away that it is a challenge to see them much and we nearly always have to be the ones to make the effort. I never get invited to do stuff with his sister and mom. Neither does he for that matter! LOL
But as a family unit, the girls, Lou and I, we are doing so awesome. I am so enjoying this house right now. The only thing I want to change would be the space. I need more room. The girls need more room! Lou needs more room.
I do miss extended family. I'm watching my cousins' kids grow up on Facebook. Not the same as being with them.
There are all kinds of orphans. Some are true orphans. Some just feel that way.
I've moved so far from my family that it is very difficult to stay connected with them.
My sister and I talk daily. My parents and I, maybe twice a month. My grandmothers, a few times a year. Aunts maybe a couple times a year.
I envy those who live in close proximity and can enjoy family.
I haven't seen anyone except my sister in two years.
My husband's family is all around us. And in some ways we are orphans from them too. We live far enough away that it is a challenge to see them much and we nearly always have to be the ones to make the effort. I never get invited to do stuff with his sister and mom. Neither does he for that matter! LOL
But as a family unit, the girls, Lou and I, we are doing so awesome. I am so enjoying this house right now. The only thing I want to change would be the space. I need more room. The girls need more room! Lou needs more room.
I do miss extended family. I'm watching my cousins' kids grow up on Facebook. Not the same as being with them.
1 comments:
I'm 70 miles from my mother, brother, and three of my sisters; about 50 miles from one sister, and several hundred miles from another sister. We talk on the phone weekly, the computer sometimes daily, but it's not the same is it? We're close in proximity to some of Thomas' family, but not close emotionally. Like you guys, Thomas, the kids and I are very close as a family, and that is really the most important thing. I hope you get to visit your family more often in the future. At least you do keep up with them on the phone and online. I get lonely for my family sometimes though, and Eler Beth and I call that "needing a Dowell fix" or I might say "I need a sister fix". Sometimes all I need to bring me out of a gloom is to call and talk to my Mom or one of my sisters. We will inevitably get to laughing about something, and that would be just what I was needing.
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