Well, yesterday was by far the hardest goodbye yet. We have been used to Daddy driving back on Monday mornings early, but with the change in his job and going back to being an operator, he had to give up the Monday morning drives, sometimes, and go back on Sunday evenings. It had been several months since we have had to say Goodbye on Sunday. For some reason, it was so much easier doing it at 4:30 on Monday morning. So, it got to be time for the goodbyes and Jaylee Ray just wasn't giving it up. She helped him load the pickup, she asked and told him numerous time "I go with you Daddy" then when the time came, and his pickup drove away, talk about a sad little girl crying, "I want my Daddy!"
My heart has hurt all day. Jaylee has said numerous times how she wants her Daddy today. I have been praying really hard that God would bring Jeremy back closer to home and keep us financially stable and comfortable in the process. I have no idea when Jeremy will be back with us, on a daily basis, but I do pray that it is soon. I keep praying for Jaylee's emotional sake that we aren't hurting her and scaring her for life through this. God must have felt my heartache today because I started bringing a girl from KC over to Munday after school now to drop off for dance class. She is 9 years old and her Daddy is gone for 2 weeks at a time on a drilling rig, then comes home for 2 weeks. This girl is very bubbly and intelligent. Her personality speaks volumes! Talking with her .... you would never know that her Daddy is gone or at home. I guess that was almost like a sign from God saying that it was all going to be ok!
In the meantime, if any of you have time, please say a prayer for our family and we will continue to pray that he guides us on his path. I have faith that we will one day again be that "normal" white picket fence family, but until this, I'll keep clinging to my faith in him. As the old saying goes..."this too shall pass" and that's exactly right. I know this isn't forever.
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