Emotionally Hit
Posted by Chris
We just got home from spending the day in Tulsa with Lisa and Kenneth and the boys, and Dad and Cheryl. This was the 'early-Christmas' celebration for the Ediger family since we will be gone at Christmas this year. It already feels weird to think that I'm going to have 4 days off at Christmas and we will be spending it alone as a family. We always spend Christmas morning at our house, but Andrea's dad is usually there as well. And then we go to my dad's house for the afternoon for our Christmas together. Just sad at the thought of losing all this.
We had a great time today. Enjoyed watching the kids play together. I really hope that the boys (& Emerie) will be able to keep good relationships with their cousins as the years go by. I know it will be harder with the added distance. They love each other so much! After eating lunch together, opening presents & hanging out for a little while, we all went to Lisa & Kenneth's church for their Kid's Choir Christmas program. It was fun watching our nephews on stage & equally fun watching our boys get excited about seeing their cousins perform!
Things came to a 'T' emotionally when we had to leave. It was really hard to say goodbye to everyone knowing that it would be quite awhile before we got to see them again. We left without any public tears being shed, but it was a pretty depressing ride home & I'm finding myself overwhelmed with the emotions at the moment. I'm glad that we'll get to see Dad & Cheryl & Gary again next month for the kid's birthdays (they'll be coming to Nashville to visit & celebrate with us). We talked about meeting up with them & Lisa's family in Tennessee this summer some time for vacation. That would be nice.
We'll see what happens next year. One of the reasons we wanted to get to LifeWay before Christmas rather than after Christmas was so that we would be eligible for added vacation days come our one year anniversary. This would mean that we would have time available to make a trip back this way for Christmas next year. We'll see how things go, but it's nice knowing that possibility is coming in the future.
I think that's about it. Just had to get my thoughts out a little here. Please be in prayer for our family as we hit our final week in Oklahoma. Today was the first day that it really began to sink in, I think. This is partly due to the fact that we normally would have been packing for a few weeks by now, but aren't this time as the movers will be doing the bulk of the packing for us. That's a prayer request all on its own - having to trust total strangers with the care of our possessions. There is so much in this whole process that we are SO not in control of! It has really made us rely on Him as He has always been faithful!
We had a great time today. Enjoyed watching the kids play together. I really hope that the boys (& Emerie) will be able to keep good relationships with their cousins as the years go by. I know it will be harder with the added distance. They love each other so much! After eating lunch together, opening presents & hanging out for a little while, we all went to Lisa & Kenneth's church for their Kid's Choir Christmas program. It was fun watching our nephews on stage & equally fun watching our boys get excited about seeing their cousins perform!
Things came to a 'T' emotionally when we had to leave. It was really hard to say goodbye to everyone knowing that it would be quite awhile before we got to see them again. We left without any public tears being shed, but it was a pretty depressing ride home & I'm finding myself overwhelmed with the emotions at the moment. I'm glad that we'll get to see Dad & Cheryl & Gary again next month for the kid's birthdays (they'll be coming to Nashville to visit & celebrate with us). We talked about meeting up with them & Lisa's family in Tennessee this summer some time for vacation. That would be nice.
We'll see what happens next year. One of the reasons we wanted to get to LifeWay before Christmas rather than after Christmas was so that we would be eligible for added vacation days come our one year anniversary. This would mean that we would have time available to make a trip back this way for Christmas next year. We'll see how things go, but it's nice knowing that possibility is coming in the future.
I think that's about it. Just had to get my thoughts out a little here. Please be in prayer for our family as we hit our final week in Oklahoma. Today was the first day that it really began to sink in, I think. This is partly due to the fact that we normally would have been packing for a few weeks by now, but aren't this time as the movers will be doing the bulk of the packing for us. That's a prayer request all on its own - having to trust total strangers with the care of our possessions. There is so much in this whole process that we are SO not in control of! It has really made us rely on Him as He has always been faithful!
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