As the days inched closer to the time when my wife and newborn baby left for Hometown, Brazil I thought to myself, “Hey, at least I’m gonna get to play lots of video games and have all the fun I want! Time is gonna fly by, especially knowing that I’m going down there at the end of the month also! I think it’ll be nice to have some time alone.” I must have forgotten how hard it was for me the last time I spent time away from Mila. As you have guessed, reality hasn’t promised me what I wanted. Time is gonna fly by? Yeah, like a snail. Gonna have all the fun I want? Not by myself I’m not. Play all the video games I want? Well…I guess I have that.
Now the days are inching closer to the time I get to see my sweet wife and beautifully growing baby and I can’t wait! I have just over a week before I start flying and as my month comes to an end, it can’t come soon enough. I know what you’re thinking: “Oh, it’s just a month! Get over it!.” That’s true. I think that’s why I thought it was going to be easy. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like I sat stewing in the dark all day, wishing I was 5,000 miles from where I am. I’ve had plenty of things to keep me busy and entertained. It’s just that it seems like everything has had less significance to me if I didn’t have my family to share it with. Distance is by far the best way to remember what’s really important in your life. Now I know the significance of the phrase, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.”
To any of you who haven’t spent any significant time away from their loved ones, I would say to cherish them and love them always. Never forget the importance they give you in your life. And to those who spend much more time away from their families and those they care about than I have, I ask how do you do it?
I’m thankful for the life I have and couldn’t be happier. I don’t have myself to thank for that, but the Lord and my family.
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