What I Miss Today
Often what I miss about our year away is that closeness as a family.
Yes, it could get annoying to be surrounded by my people 24/7. Claustrophobic even. But after we came home, life swept us back into its current. Though we make an effort to stay tight, I think a certain degree of separation is inevitable over the years. I suppose it’s natural to let nostalgia color that time. “Remember when we were together so often that going to the bathroom seemed like a little vacation? Yeah, I miss that.”
These days, Sam is heading into the tween years. Jim and I are glimpsing a new teenager attitude in our smiley-faced boy. It’s not offensive so much as it is a sign: Someday he will leave us and go his own way. Same with Zadie. It’s the natural progression of life, I suppose. But it can sure make a mama melancholy every now and then.
These photos were taken on a family hike just outside the village. One of the weird and wonderful adventures in Mrkopalj that is on my mind today—and not just because we got lost and thought we might have to eat someone in our party.
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Thank you, Darlene. Good luck with your memoir!
Thanks. I'm checking out potential publishers now.
And the above pictures are delightful! What a nice family memory. And to Steve and me they brought back memories of how beautiful that part of the world is. As I've been writing the memoir of our own first trip to Croatia the last year, we have been in a "travel mode" each week as I write and publish a new chapter.
Good luck in your career and many blessings to you and your family.