I think this may be the first year in our married life that I will not have gone home to visit. I've been feeling a bit bummed as I've missed in this month alone: The missionary homecomings of my first two nephews to go on missions, My parent's missionary homecoming, two baby blessings for a niece and nephew I haven't met, my brother's family sealing to his adopted Chinese son, whom I haven't met, and three family reunions. Boo hoo. But in reflecting about it I realize how lucky and blessed I am to love everyone in my family! They are the coolest people I know in the world and I feel so lucky to be related to them! I will try in this next year to be really cool and accomplished like them so that we have lots to share when we next get together.
In the meantime I realize a bit of the blase comes from the Memphis summer which is either drizzly or sticky hot. And have I mentioned we had our second tornado last week? The kind of excitement most could do without. :) I hope my friend Vicky forgives me for sharing, but I always think if her son, Troy, who spent his early childhood here, when he heard we were coming here he told Talmage, "Memphis is the worst place in the world to live!!" The tornadoes really left a scary memory in his mind.
But now for one of the good sides of living in the Mid-South. I've been teaching Church history in Primary this year and Clint has been teaching a Church History institute class to the Stake Single Adults. Living on the banks of the Mississippi and just below Missouri really puts some of those stories into context. For example, yesterday I taught my kids about Zion's camp and how as they camped between the forks of the Little and Big Fishing Rivers a thunderstorm came up that raised the river 40 feet and prevented a mob of 300 from crossing the river to attack them. I asked my kids if they've seen a storm like that--nods of 'yes!' We have frequent flash flood warnings in this area. A medium storm will raise the rivers 20 feet. The water can really come down around here! In addition members in this area frequently vacation to all the church history sites as many of them are within a days journey. We're hoping to do that as a family while were here as well.
So here's hoping to bloom a little more, while we're planted here.
Cresap Family
6 comments:
I had to laugh at your friend's comment about living in Memphis. I just keep thinking if we can endure the summers then the rest is not so bad! I hate the summers here...thank goodness we have pools though, right?!
Sorry you've missed so much of your family get togethers...that stinks!
I totally sympathize. Even though I'll be home for Jon's homecoming, I feel like I'm missing everything. I'm especially sad about missing the Ranch. And I miss all my cool aunts and uncles!
We've missed you here, too, Sarah (and Clint), and missed seeing bigger versions of your kids this year. Mike and I felt those same "missing everything" feelings often during the twelve years we lived away from family. Sometimes we worried that they would forget who we were, but they really didn't. And we'll never forget you.
it's true! we have missed you and yours so much. there are pluses and minuses to living so near as well. Chad and I will return from grover and go into our 6th strait reunion IN A ROW WITHOUT A BREAK!!! exhausting and no time for our own family. I would pay good money for a summer away from reunions. I'm thinking a move away from Huntsville may be a blessing?
We miss you, too. And I feel like I need to do something cool, so when you come home I can fit in with your crew! But one thing that I am definitely good at is not overloading. :) (That's another way of saying that I don't really get anything cool done.)
living away makes you appreciate your family so much. look at those huntsville ingrates' comments. :-) you were missed a lot but it also looks like from your other posts that you are spending some nice quality time as a fam.... not to mention saving lots of money in airfare! :-)
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