Saying goodbye

Tonight, after dinner and many hours of visiting and laughing, the kids and I said
goodbye to Jacob's parents. (Jacob will be taking them to the airport with his
two brothers tomorrow.) The farewell was pretty terrible and I'm still emotional.
And watching my kids have to hug their grandparents goodbye about broke my heart.

No one has to tell me how wonderful their call is or how it is from the Lord and is so very
right. No one needs to explain how serving our God is a privilege and how blessed I am
to have in-laws that are so good and so obedient. No one needs to mention what a blessing
the next two years will be to all of us and how quickly it will go and how they and we will
be taken care of and watched over. I know all of that as deeply as I know anything.

But tonight I'm just really, really sad. I'll see the wonderful in a day or two. But until then, I'm just
pretty devastated to be losing close contact and proximity to two of the best, most kind, most caring
people I know. Never mention, my husband's parents and my children's grandparents. That is a
hard pill to swallow. Even when everything about it is right and will eventually be for our good.