Homesick

Taking Jules to Pacifica

Pretty sure Bek held Zoe at every possible opportunity

This has been a summer jam-packed with family; We’ve spent less than two weeks away from our family since Zoe was born in May. All four grandparents visited, my sister stayed here two weeks, we stayed in Idaho two weeks, and Chris’ sister and her kids left last night. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Jack so happy. Seeing him interact with his cousins and aunts and uncles and grandparents made me so so happy… and a little sad.

It is a painful reality of the modern world that you can’t always work where your family lives. Sometimes your dad can’t be there if your daughter is born one week early. Entire years can pass by and you don’t get to hug your giant brother. You can’t have a regular girls night with your sister and mom and grandma. Your nieces and nephews aren’t around for weekend hikes. We FaceTime, we snap, we spend as much time together as we can, but it’s still hard.

It’s hard that you can’t always be with the people you love.

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