Distance makes the heart grow fonder!

Hubby is completing another level at Red River College for the next 10 weeks and the kids & I see him on weekends. Alot of people would question why a man would leave his family for 5 days at a time...it makes me realize that those people have never had to make such a decision/sacrifice and I hope they never have to. It's a small sacrifice for the big picture, successful completion of his journeyman's papers! Our motto is "Whatever it takes." We hope to combine patience and understanding with good communication and creativity and the 10 weeks will go by quickly!

Distance does make the heart grow fonder though...really. I realized this in two incidences this week alone.

First my sump pump started spewing water up through a pipe on the side of my house...not good. My neighbor kindly gave of his time and knowledge, dug in the mud with me and solved the problem. In solving it, we needed a pipe to reroute the water....I always harassed my pack-rat husband for collecting odd pieces from jobsites and low & behold I go into the garge and find two suitable pipes for our job. I silently missed him at that moment and forgave him for filling our garage with such "junk."

Secondly, I was crushing Ritz crackers for our favourite meal of "Cheater Chicken Parmesean" when I looked down at the mortar & pestal that I was using. I remember the Christmas that hubby gave it to me. I unwrapped it and thought "what do I need this thing for...what was he thinking?!"....when I inquired with him as to the motivation behind his purchase he said "I know you're into growing herbs and wanting to dry them so I thought you'd need this one day."....I immediately thought "but I have never successfully dried them therefore never needed this thing!"...then I thought "awww, he's really paying attention though to my interests." It sat on our window sill for three years...Now, many years later I use it at least twice a month when making our favorite meal and I need to crush the crackers for the coating.

I miss him every moment...but these two stories made for wonderful conversation that we have each night before bed...as we count down until the next Friday to see eachother!