Missing You...

It dawned on me today that it has been four very long years since we last saw all of our dear friends who live in South Carolina(/North Carolina). In my opinion this is far far too long. I think I'm actuely aware that I'm missing so much in their lives, and they're missing so much in mine right now. I have close friends from down there going through a very tough and uncertain time with one of their children right now, and I long to hug them and physicaly be present with them. I have dear friends who are experiencing one of God's greatest blessings right now with a pregnancy they didn't know if they would ever have. I wish I could hug them and sit and talk with her for a long time and comiserate pregnancies, and help assuage the inevitable worry that comes along with it. I have wonderful friends who have had two new babies since I saw them last, and the baby they had the last time time I saw them just turned four. She's not a baby anymore!! All of our youth group kids from LBC have grown up. Some are getting married, some are graduating from college soon, one has been to the other side of the world and back and is fighting for recovery in a Naval Hospital. There are so many more people that I miss. Even our alma mater campus has changed drastically in four years. I hate how when I look at our finances I wonder if we will ever be able to go back. I hate wondering if I am ever going to see these amazing people again. I'm thankful for facebook, but there comes a point when writing ((HUGS)) just doesn't cut it anymore. With a second baby on the way, i just don't know how we will do it. But I do know that we have to at some point Even if we have to save for the next couple years. We HAVE to get back down there. So, if my SC friends are reading this, know that I miss you all!!