A family reunion of sorts
I'm feeling a little anxious today. My dad is coming out to visit tomorrow & will be here for the weekend. I haven't seen him in years, I think 10 or 12. This will be the first time he meets Bill & Logan.
It's going to be emotional for him meeting his first grandson & making amends with his first born. I'm probably not going to make it any easier by asking a lot of tough questions about my childhood. These are things that I have to know & understand, especially with my personal view & feelings as a parent. I have to know why it was the way it was.
Other than a bit anxious, I don't know exactly how I'm feeling. I'm not feeling overly emotional or really anything. I guess distant is the best word. I don't know if this is denial, or if it's a continuation of the distance that I've felt from him for pretty much all of my life. It's kind of strange to not feel much of anything in a life event like this.
Our Roots
- Kristin
- Colorado
- I married my soul mate 10 years ago. We got married very young & we are very thankful that we did despite what other opinions may have been. It gave us a chance to grow up together & learn how to ride life's roller coaster ups & downs as a team. We had some good friends & adventures in Vegas when we started out. Then we hit a fork in the road & moved to Portland, OR so I could go to school & pursue a career in chiropractic. That's where we learned that sometimes life has plans for us other than our "perfectly mapped out" one. Bill got a promotion that moved us out to Colorado, somewhere he's always wanted to live, but a place where my thoughts of chiropractic school would die. Marriage is all about compromise, so we made the move to bigger & better things. As we continued to be successful at work, it felt like there was something missing. That's when I started to think about having a baby. As a stay at home mom to Logan, life was everything we wanted it to be. Then we were crazy enough to do it again & soon added Carter to the family. This is our adventure raising two boys in the Rocky Mountains.
Branches
3 comments:
Wow. That sounds like it will be a really tough weekend, but good for your family.
Good luck. Stay strong.
Good Luck.....I will be thinking of you!
You're so brave. I haven't seen nor spoken to my father in about 12 years, so he doesn't know anything about me at all anymore. I would be as nervous as hell, but like you, would need lots of questions answered. I hope it all goes well for you guys - you're in my thoughts.
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