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They are back!!! David, Davis and Anna have been gone for two weeks in Bulgaria on a mission trip and now they are back! How I missed them. I knew I would and I was a little concerned about how I was going to make it without my teenagers' help. Everyone kept saying "Oh, you really are going to miss the big kids, they are your main help." They are and I did miss their help. But I missed them in other ways.

I missed Anna's smile, she is always smiling and it is so nice to be greeted by a smile. Her children will be blessed by her in many ways but mainly because she smiles. I could learn a lesson from her! She is always singing too! I miss the fact that she is another womanly presence, I remember when I had her I thought " a girl, she will know what it is like to be me!" And she does , by that I mean she knows what to do , there is something reassuring about being with another woman in the kitchen enjoying fellowship and working side by side........Anna is there now, she understands what needs to happen and does it and we have this shared goal together, this purpose. I am so glad to have her as a daughter and a friend.

Davis, my firstborn , first of all ,I missed his music. It fills our house not just the actual notes but the words and heart behind it all. He is a dreamer and I missed his heart , it is large and full and thoughtful. He talks to me in the early morning. . I always come away thinking ,"this is my child, wow." I like the person he is . He is insightful , loves words and thoughts. I am richer in my life for it. He is tender with the little girls. There is nothing more heartwarming to me than to see a big man sized boy holding the hand of his little sister. His wife and children will be blessed by his tenderness. I could learn a lesson from him also.

David- well , all I can say is I missed all of him. Our 23rd anniversary came and went while He was gone, I have known him and loved him since I was a teenager and he has made me laugh every single day I have known him. He has made me laugh when I was mad , on some of the darkest days of my life. Laughter truly is good medicine. Sometimes I am so caught up in all I have to do that I can start to grumble inwardly and think he needs to help me more. But the way he helps me ( I noticed it in His absence) is that he makes me laugh, he holds me up, he listens. Every morning he listens , even for a few moments as I try to share what I was pondering in my quiet time., I missed those talks.

Sometimes it is easy to take for granted those God gives us. I am guilty of that too often, Sometimes we need to sit down and remember those unique qualities that make us grateful for those in our lives. and then tell them.



I thank my God every time i remember you. Phil. 1:3