This is a Thomas Kincade painting that we have in our house. It's of the Kansas City Plaza during Christmas time. Whenever I stop to really look at it, I choke up. Is it weird that after being gone for three years I still have issues? I am still horribly homesick.
Today I am jumping on a flight to go back to Kansas City. One of my dearest friends is expecting her first baby, and so I am on my way to coo over her properly. I'm looking forward to her photo shoot and to giving her all sorts of unsolicited advice.
Tonight, though, is for catching up with Bridget and Raphael and their sweet boys. We will talk and laugh and reminisce about all our summer nights on their porch - drinking wine and talking about politics, religion, friendships, parenting ...
There are places I need to go: Paper Source (for Lindsay's wedding stuff), Houston's (for spinach dip), Curious Sofa (best shopping on earth - plus I miss Deb), and somewhere to get some new Jay Hawk apparel (proud KU alumni), drive by my old house and look to see how big our trees have gotten, see how my old neighbors are doing, and wish that my friends were not all out of town (what are the chances?! - but they are). I will probably cry when I see my house.
The kids and Wayne are staying home (he's been gone all week - actually, now that I think about it, he has been gone for 4 or 5 weeks from home. I think he is ready to see the kids and sleep in his own bed!)
Have a great weekend.
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Ummmmm NO you can't move.
ReplyDeleteBut have fun this weekend :)
Call me when you go to paper source! If you find a good KU baseball cap will you pick one up for me?
Love you!
Tooo funny...I have a portrait of a Pittsburgh neighborhood that is very similiar to yours (not Thomas Kinkade, but a local (Pittsburgh) artist with a similar style) in my living room. It has the famous Perrysville clock and gazebo in it...I drive by that clock several times a week on my trek to ballet. Anyway, I too will be filled with fond memories when I gaze at it in my new living room. I love your warm memories of Kansas City--actually I have found (like you) that it really is always the people I miss the most :) I hope you have a delightful weekend.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I don't recall you asking permission to move, but yet a very special sister had an answer already :) Funny. Those sisters...
OMG!!! I had no idea you were coming! I won't be there. OOOOHHH! I wish you had emailed me!
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking that I missed my wonderful little piece of SoCal. Goodness, how I miss it. My heart aches everytime I think about it and if I think about it too much, I find myself depressed for weeks at a time. So, I totally get why and how much yo must miss KC. Have a wonderful time in KC. I envy you (again!);-) Carisa
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