Home Suite Home

well, the day has finally arrived. when we moved into our temporary digs this time LAST MONTH, i couldn't have imagined how quickly time would pass. during our four weeks here, PH has plugged along finalizing our move and the PLO's and myself had taken advantage of squeezing in visit with nearby family and friends when possible.

while i don't have time for reflection this morning (this bus is leaving in an hour!), i am so thankful for the time we've had in limbo. at times this "home suite home" would begin to cave in on us as the girls were going stir crazy (which would require a trip to the stairwell or wal-mart to exert some energy) or PH and i had to hash out the finer, more stressful points of moving multiple states away.

today, we leave for a two-week visit with the grandparents before making the two-day trek "up north." i know we will come back to visit...but that's just it. there will only be visits to our long-time home in alabama. that means for now, it's one more visit to sawyer's park, one more visit for a sunset cruise on the alabama river, one more time as a southerner to smell the humidity, feel a loved one's hug and to hear that sweet drawl of "hey, y'all."

i will always be from the south. but i am curious...when i am at stop lights, i won't see the abundance of auburn/alabama paraphernalia on the backs of cars. i wonder if "up north" they have bumper stickers that say "one red dot in a blue state"? God help us november 4th.

thank God we have a new home to go to...because i am over hotel living. the three-room suite is more square footage than some fellow human beings will ever know, but i know that no matter where this world take us...our hearts will always beckon back to home sweet home. sweet home alabama.