Making this Home

Our trip back home for Christmas was so emotional in many ways. We were so anxious to see our new grandson and our two grandaughters and the rest of our family. In all honesty I was unsure whether I would want to come back here at all and I don't think our family still understands that this is where we need to be right now. We have dealt with many questions of how we could just move away from everyone......It has been a hard journey and although I bawled my eyes out when I left I truly feel at home here in Arizona. The sun shines every day and I love my job. Layla was so excited to get back HOME that she danced around and hugged me saying Home, Home, Home for the first hour we were back. I grew up in a family that was close and never ventured away from the town we were born in and it is so hard to feel like I am abandoning everyone. What I do know for sure is that our choices are limited right now and this is where we will be for the rest of this school year. I do not miss the snow, wind and cold one little bit, but I miss my family daily. Hopefully we will have many visitors and once they see the beauty they will understand why we love it here.