Life's Greatest Blessing…Family

My poor friend. She came over this morning for Bible study and fellowship. I’m sure she didn’t expect to show up to me being an emotional mess. She was so sweet to listen to me babble through all my tears. 

Last night was our Opening Day on Lee Legacy Farm. As we ate around the dinner table mid way through picking time, that’s when the tears first flowed. I couldn’t hold them back. Tears of exhaustion. Tears of sadness. Tears of reality. Tears I blamed on a headache. I’m sure my husband knew the truth behind those tears. 

Earlier I had received a text from my momma...I wish you were closer.

Me, too, momma! This was a big day for us and we had no one to share it with us. The boys waited for people to show, but no one did. My mom and pa, sisters, family, and closest friends that have always been there to cheer us on during our big moments were missing on this big day. They no longer live just around the corner, but a hundred miles away.

Don’t get me wrong. Opening Day couldn’t have ended more perfectly. My first pickers of the season...me, my husband, and my boys. Once again, I was surrounded by sunshine and smiles. 

Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong.

Growing pains stink! Yesterday, I really felt the pain that comes with change. I have always been so dependent on our hometown family and friends. Now we are out here on our own in a new town. My rowdy heart still misses the support and cheers from our hometown family and friends, but we are not stuck. We are right where we are suppose to be…Living a Legacy on Lee Legacy Farm.

Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. Proverbs 3:3