Time

The last week and a half has been fantastic. Our family has needed this "recharge" - the time to be together and just soak each other up and put the memories inside our hearts and minds.


We haven't been doing much. We've seen friends and family a bit, but we've been spending a lot of time together, indoors. Besides the fact that it's been bitter cold outside, we've just been quietly hanging out...watching movies, playing, tickling, snuggling, swimming, laughing and hugging. We've enjoyed meals together, praying together, and just doing the things we like to do as a family.


The clock has been on our side. We've stayed busy, but not so busy that we haven't had the time to truly connect. There have been moments in the past where I can feel the "tick tick tick" and can't escape the anxious feeling of time running out. It's not been like that this time. This time it feels so normal. We're just together, as a family, the way we always have been. And it's good.


I don't want to think about next week.

Jake heads back to Afghanistan Tuesday.

~Emily