Day 229: Visitors are coming!!!!

So, I found out over the weekend that my mom and step-dad are coming to visit next month! I cannot explain how excited I am for them to come visit me. I don't know what it is, but I have been wanting them to come visit. I miss them more than I have in a long while. Not because I love them more or less, just that I think I need them right now. I just need my mom, even if it is for a weekend to come visit me and talk with me and just hug me. I need my other dad too. He has been a big part of my life since I was 10 and I could really use one of his hugs too.

This all came about because my mom and I were talking about plans for her to come visit. I had told her that I really missed her and wanted to see her so badly and that the kids were bummed at Christmas time when her and Jay were not able to make it out like they have the past 3 years. So, my mom asked if I would want her to come visit before Ian came come or when Ian came home. I told her that selfishly, I wanted her to come visit ASAP, because I miss her. But, I also know that having someone else here, not just me, to greet Ian home from war would mean a lot to him. It is about him knowing that more than just his wife and kids missed him. Anyways, so I told her to save her tickets for when Ian comes home. I told her also that we might be coming her way to visit a few weeks after Ian comes home and that I didn't want her to feel like she was wasting her tickets. And this is what I love about my mom.... She told me it would NEVER be a waste to see her son come home. She is so proud of Ian and so happy to be able to be here to show him how proud she is. So, I thought it was settled that my mom and step-dad were coming to visit around the time my husband comes home.

Now, they are going to do both!!!!!!! They are visiting the kids and me now, and will come again for Ian's homecoming. I can't tell you how much support I feel from my family right now. My dad came out to live with me for a few months so I could get my credential and then came back out for Christmas. Now, my mom and step-dad are going to visit me because I need the visit and for no other reason (other than their needed grandbaby fix). Then they are coming out to welcome my hero husband home from Afghanistan. I could not ask for more supportive parents than those that I have. Another reason that I am blessed!