Normal

This weekend I ran into a situation where I could really use a second set of eyes and outside opinion to help direct my thoughts and actions along the best forward path. Typically I would turn to Drew. Given the circumstance, though, I hesitated to contact him now- as if he really needed my petty troubles to consider given his current locale. So I began to think about other individuals, but in the end because of personal reasons, I didn't feel comfortable going to anyone else with this situation. So I did what I have done for so many years now. I turned to my husband.

Despite the distance, time difference and his long work hours, he still managed to write back with a thought out response within half a day. I'm not certain I can fully express how wonderful that was. In the midst of this whole separation, this interaction felt "normal". That's not something I feel much of these days with Drew so far away and so difficult to reach. Yet today, things between us felt normal and for that I am ever so grateful. There is not much that I desire more than to get back to our normal family life and today I was granted a reminder that someday, feeling normal will not be foreign. No, someday- once again- normal will be the norm.