What a lovely week it was! I sure missed my kids, and that was the point. At the end of the week, I was genuinely excited to see them, what a great place to be at. Every Mommy needs a break, time away to learn to miss her kids again. I didn’t realize I was on the brink of burn out, not even being able to really relax until almost 3 days into our vacation. But the moment we pulled up to the beach…my brain shut off, and believe me, that is a great thing. I grew up going to the beach, but haven’t been there in years. It is part of me, I know God created me to spend time there, I feel I can be “me” there. Its a romantic, emotional place that truly shows God’s Greatness. I wish I went there more often and took the kids. I promised them we would take them soon. I mean it too.

So there I was, for hours. Reading my book, sleeping, doing nothing. What does that even feel like?? It was beyond explanation. Afterward dh and I went to a lovely dinner together. The whole week was talking, laughing, silence, resting, doing nothing, but nothing was so important.

Thank you Jesus for allowing us to take a break, a few days off, to reconnect, fall in love, and shut out all the many thoughts that bombard us every day. We promised to never go that long without going away together again.

And now I’m so glad to be home with my kids. I was worried they wouldn’t have missed me, silly mom stuff, but really, I was! Lily started screeching when she saw me, Abby started crying with joy and Zach was just as happy as could be. It melted my heart and I fell in love with them all over again as well.