I miss... feeling at home.
I miss... family dinners & game nights & trips to the store with Mom.
I miss... mountains & knowing where I'm going.
I miss... the kids all having friends on the street & seeing my neighbors at church.
I miss... BYU football & Utah Jazz Basketball & Springville West Stake Volleyball
I miss... my salon & my clients friends & having a little extra cash.
I miss... seeing my kids fish with my dad & ride go-carts with their Poppy & walking on the golf course with Grandma.
I miss... the snow.
I miss... girl's night out with my friends & chatting on the phone with my friend at the end of the street & hitting Sonic or Dairy Queen after laughing and playing hard at volleyball.
I miss... Sam's Club & Deseret Book & Keeping Memories Alive & Mervyn's & even ShopKo.
I miss... drives in the canyon & days at Lilly lake & Dick's Drive In in Heber
I miss... seeing other families like mine regularly.
I miss... family Christmas parties & Super Bowl parties & grandparents at kids sporting events.
I miss... school starting at 9:00 & being walking distance to church and school.
I miss... the river trail & Utah lake & Deer Creek Reservoir.
I miss... quilt class with Mom & scrapbooking with Mom & playing catch with Dad & shooting hoops with Dad.
I miss... having my niece available to baby sit & getting the cousins together to play in the their basement & celebrating my oldest and my niece's birthday together.
I miss... my young women & their graduations & their weddings & their babies & their first dates & their school plays & dance recitals.
I miss... our large family room & the Tigger and Pooh mural we painted on the wall & the jetted tub in our bathroom & the large laundry room & the square shape on our yard.
I miss... being close enough to go to family reunions in Nevada & staying with my sister in Vegas for a couple days each summer.
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Oh, Amanda! I know...it's hard to move away from home and all that's familiar. It will get easier. I promise.
(But Shopko?! Really?)
That is a lot of things to miss. I would think that with the onset of fall and football and all the upcoming holidays that all this is on your mind a little more than normal. I know that I've been thinking a little more lately about how great Provo is in the fall and I only lived there for four years. Do you get to go home for the holidays?
I like this post. It's hard for my to be away from my family too, and know that they are missing out on the growing up years of my boys. *sniff
this post makes me wonder how much i am going to miss when we move in 4 weeks!? you can't really know until it is gone from you!
I'm such a wuss. This post just solidifies that I need to stay close to home...
That said, I really, really hope things get easier for you and your little family soon!
Wow, you really made me want to come up with more things to miss if we ever move away from family. I think I take it all for granted and need to start enjoying it more. We always talk about moving across the country, but this makes me wonder how I would handle that. I hope things get better for you there.
But if you lived here, then how could I plan a trip to come see you there? Which I will do. One day. I hope.
I'm sorry it's hard right now; and it's okay to miss things. I understand, oh, how I understand! But things will get better. They will! And if they don't? Move back. :)
me too!
Your post makes me want to stuff you my suitcase as we are going to visit family, etc. in Utah in a few weeks. What great memories you have.
So Amanda can I just say I MISS YOU!! We were actually talking about it last night at book club. I know it makes it harder for you when I say that and I'm sorry. I just want you to know I love you!!
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