autumn in the air

the final coffee has come and gone with my best friend
they leave in the morning
she assures me, it's only four hours away
and temporary
yet it feels like the other side of the world
and for ever
our talks
will they be the same over the phone?!?
we will have to make them work...

my family is gone too
mom, and sister and brother...
it was nice having them around
there's a comfort there
that I don't have with anyone else in the world

I realized something in talking with Darla this morning
that as painful as my stepfather's leaving was
perhaps that move
has provided the opportunity for freedom and change that never existed before in our family

[maybe that will be the starting point for the forgiveness work I still have to do there]

Just me and my hubby again
poor guy
I feel he's been quite neglected of late...
We haven't had dinner together for the last two nights...
and I didn't cook for the two before that (just left overs)
this past week has been full of busyness for the wedding, house guests, and visits, an airport run

I stood at the gas pump at the airport...
grateful that we hadn't run out on the trip up!
(funny... I made time to get a Starbuck's but didn't stop to get gas!??!)
I stood there with the airport breeze blowing around me
watching the limo drivers running into the 7-11 to get their drinks and snacks
and I thought how nice it'd be to be boarding a plane...

I thought of our trip just last summer
it feels like forever ago...

I thought of Dom going back to Germany
of how anxious they are just to be together again...

I thought of miss Heather in Finland
growing cold already...with Christmas coming fast

I thought of Micki...
does she have romantic feelings of flying like mine
with as much traveling as she does?!?

Everyone traveling of late...coming...going

Even us on the road to Myrtle in two days...

I look forward to seeing the beach
in the fall

But it'll be nice to snuggle up on the couch tonight......
after dinner...
and feel autumn's evening air

home
alone together