We all know how hard it can be to move to a new unfamiliar place, away from family and close friends. It seems like no matter where you go there can be a kind of "loneliness" due to unfamiliarity. The streets, stores and people can for a period of time seem so foreign.
These are some of the feelings I had when we moved to Montana. We've been here over a year and a half now and those feelings since fled and I love it here. Sometimes though, no matter how happy you can be with a home, neighborhood, neighbors, co-workers, ward and friends, you still miss having family close by. Especially as Thanksgiving and Christmas get closer the desire to be closer to family grows.
However, the friendships we've built here have become so important to me and many of these people have become "our family away from home", and have made Montana our new home.
I started thinking about all this last week when my close pal Kirsten made Brock and I Sunday dinner. She prepared a very nice meal and called and asked if we wanted it for dinner. She was going to deliver right to our door but I couldn't let her do that too. I went and picked up the COMPLETE meal and brought it home to eat. It was maybe one of the most kind thoughtful deeds anyone has done for me. (I must mention too...Brock and I were both physically and mentally sound, so it wasn't a "sick person" meal).
Basically it's nice to have people around that you can count on no matter what, especially when family isn't around to help you out. I sincerely believe that the people in our lives are here to help us and we should be there to help them in their lives.
1 comment:
Kim,
We need your address to send you an invitation to Logan's wedding. Can you send it to me? Thanks!
Tim
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