When Jayden told us she was coming home for awhile, everyone envisioned different things; months, years, maybe even for good. We all had our hopes and wishes. I know my daughter to well, I was estimating 3 months. It turned out to be 20 days. It went fast and we all soaked in our Jayden time. It was like a feather of joy floated happily through our house for a brief time and then it floated away. While she was home, she helped me in so many ways. She cleaned, cooked at least a meal, ran to the store, wrapped a ton of presents, and helped bake goodies. We binge watched Christmas movies, Pan Am episodes, and a few Grey's episodes. We went shopping, worked at Overflow, and ate out. We talked a lot, talked about all kinds of things. In the evenings, we would read a book together. Not like you would think, we were silly and read children's stories. It was like going back to when the kids were little and I was reading their bedtime story. We read some of the Christmas storybooks that I used to read the kids each year at Christmas. Some nights both Jake and Luke sat on the edge of Jayden's bed as I read the book. We prayed and we hugged. She is my daughter and best friend. In those 20 days it was a bit of a roller coaster. She came home, we settled her horses in and wanted to get 'The Little White House" situated for her to move in. She told me right away she would be going to Texas after Christmas. I envisioned a flight out for a few days. A week later she told me she had a flight for Noah to come here to help her drive her truck and trailer and animals down to Texas. That is when all the hard talks started about where she would live and what she will do with her horses, job, dog, and life in general. She has so much potential, we want to see her do big things. We want to see her go places and be successful, get her masters and become a CEO of something. I know she is very social and needs to find a job where she is around people. We jut don't want her to limit herself and settle somewhere that she gets stuck. We want her to be happy and we wish so badly that she was closer to home. Her stay went too fast and like that , the feather floated on south.
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