Diario de graciepoo, 10 sep. 08

So far today has been an emotional day. I am just having a pity-party for some reason. I miss my family so much. My mom and sister live 6 hours away, and my dad lives 8 hours away in the opposite direction. Sometimes I get so lonely without them. Even though I have a family of my own, and it was my choice to move away, I feel like 3/4 of myself is missing when I am away from them. My mom and sister are my two very best friends, EVER. We lived down there with them for a couple years, but moved back to my husbands hometown b/c we felt there was much more opportunity for our kids here, and my husband had much better opportunities for work. But it doesn't make it any easier to be away from my family. My dad tells me that my husband and kids ARE my family now, but I just want everyone together. My mom is so in love with my kids and vice versa. And sometimes she comments on how hard it is knowing all the things she is missing in their lives. And I feel the same way. How great it would be to have her at all thier games and school events. And to be able to go shopping together and have family dinners. I miss all that so much. My husband thinks I just need to make more girlfriends. That it would fill the void. I don't think it is that simple. Oh well. I guess I just need to grow up and deal with it. I just needed to get that off my chest.