Today we took Nathan to the Provo MTC. He will be serving in the Rosario, Argentina Mission. He is going to be a great missionary and I am so happy for him. Nathan has been my right hand for the last little while. He has been willing to move stuff, put things together, run errands, watch Abby or just bring my garbages to the curb. It's going to be weird to need something and not be able to call him. I know that the rest of my family will be willing and able to help, however, I will miss having Nathan around. Nathan has been a a great friend to me and to my Abby. I will miss him a lot. Thanks Nathan for all you have done.
Abby calls Nathan Nafin, NaNa or Nafes and I know she will miss him too. Right after they dropped him off, she asked where he was and my heart sank. I realized when Grandpa passed away that part of the pain you feel when someone leaves is the pain you know your child will feel when they realize that person is gone. As much as I want to remove any physical pain that my child may feel, the emotional pain is worse. We say good-bye a lot to Ned and she is always okay until she looks around and realizes that he's really not home anymore. It breaks my heart every single time and he comes home at the end of the week. You'd think that saying good-bye would get easier over time. It really does not, and that makes me sad too. I know that Abby will miss NaNa and the thought of that makes me sad.
Nathan made me promise to not put a count down on the blog for a while because it will make it feel like he's gone forever. I think he's right, so no countdown for at least a year or so. If I get bored I may add one just because.
Enough of that. Now on to having a baby!!
5 comments:
Oh man I remember that feeling all too well...with too many people...myself included. He'll do awesome though!!
Wow, so many big things are going on in your life. Congrats to Nathan, he'll be a wonderful missionary, but saying goodbye is so hard. I was preggers with Avery when Spencer left and I was a mess. It was so sad, and knowing that he won't see your new little girl until she's practically two is kind of sad.Good luck.
I love the last picture of Abby with Nathan and Sherry. They all look so happy!
Ya so excited!! I do understand ... two years seem so long. I'm excited to see pictures of your new baby :)
So weird seeing all of our families all grown up. Daniel leaves for Italy the end of May! Where did time go? Hopefully it will seem like they're back before we know it right?
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