There is
never enough time. This thought has come into my head a lot over the
least few days. Never enough time to see the smiles and hear the laughs
of my nieces and nephew. Never enough time to play cards/games with my
mom and dad. Never enough time to bond with my sisters. Never enough time
to just BE with my family. Even ater a summer of family, including the
last twelve straight days, I just couldn’t make myself leave the beach
yesterday morning because I felt like I just needed a little more time with
them. All I could tell myself since Thursday afternoon, when the sad
heartache of extended goodbyes started to hit me, was that “there is just never
enough time.”
Time
is such a precious thing; and something that is always running away from
us. As I mentioned when I started this
blog in June, I am really trying to live in the NOW. Especially during this amazing summer of
freedom, family and travel…I have really tried to enjoy each day and really
soak up all of the different moments; and, I think I’ve done a great job of
appreciating it all. But all of this time with family has made it that much
harder to say goodbye. I have gotten
used to being able to move around freely and see them more often. I have become accustomed to the smiling faces
and the hugs. I feel so lucky to have
such an amazing group of people to call my family…I love and appreciate each
member of our family so very much. There’s
never enough time to spend with the ones we love…but, as long as we appreciate
the time we do have and we cherish it in some way; we always have those people
with us….and that is a comforting thought!
Fast forward five days to August 9...
Shannon, Maeve and Luke drove me to BWI for my flight to Berlin. After getting checked in, which included having to swap things around my two checked suitcases and my larger carry on in order to make them all weigh what the airline wanted them to weigh...the time had come for final goodbyes. Saying goodbye to Shannon and the kids was so hard...especially when sweet Maeve began to cry (my crying definitely didn't help!). I just hugged them as much as I could and as hard as I could and with soooo much love in my heart and soul for them and said "I love you so much......see you soon" between my tears. The security line was so long that I had time to make most of my phone calls to say farewell and a few more "I love yous" to my parents, Meagan, Aunt Peggy and a few friends. There was just so much unknown surrounded by my journey to Berlin...I had no idea what was ahead of me and was definitely sad to be going so far away from my family. But, I knew I had made the decision to go for a reason and I knew that I always have so many people cheering me on (and happily waiting with open arms whenever I decide to go home)...so I said those tearful, heart-wrenching goodbyes and I boarded the plane to my next adventure.
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| Who knew we'd take a family photo without sweet, sleeping Mary?!? |
Fast forward five days to August 9...
Shannon, Maeve and Luke drove me to BWI for my flight to Berlin. After getting checked in, which included having to swap things around my two checked suitcases and my larger carry on in order to make them all weigh what the airline wanted them to weigh...the time had come for final goodbyes. Saying goodbye to Shannon and the kids was so hard...especially when sweet Maeve began to cry (my crying definitely didn't help!). I just hugged them as much as I could and as hard as I could and with soooo much love in my heart and soul for them and said "I love you so much......see you soon" between my tears. The security line was so long that I had time to make most of my phone calls to say farewell and a few more "I love yous" to my parents, Meagan, Aunt Peggy and a few friends. There was just so much unknown surrounded by my journey to Berlin...I had no idea what was ahead of me and was definitely sad to be going so far away from my family. But, I knew I had made the decision to go for a reason and I knew that I always have so many people cheering me on (and happily waiting with open arms whenever I decide to go home)...so I said those tearful, heart-wrenching goodbyes and I boarded the plane to my next adventure.
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