Homecoming

On By K.L. HaleIn Essay, family

๐‘ฐ๐’• ๐’”๐’†๐’†๐’Ž๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’Ž.

๐‘ด๐’š ๐’”๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’”๐’‘๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’”, ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’ˆ ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’…, ๐’‰๐’๐’๐’… ๐’Ž๐’† ๐’•๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’’๐’–๐’Š๐’†๐’•. ๐‘น๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” ๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š.

๐‘จ๐’• ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’† ๐’Š๐’• ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’Š๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’ ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’”๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’†๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’š. ๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐‘ฐ ๐’‘๐’“๐’‚๐’š๐’†๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’๐’†๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š. ๐‘จ๐’„๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’‚๐’๐’š๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’• ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’†๐’‚๐’„๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’Ž๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’†๐’”.

๐‘ด๐’†๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’†, ๐’”๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’” ๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’“, ๐’‘๐’Š๐’„๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’†๐’” ๐’‘๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’‡๐’š, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’“๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’” ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’†๐’„๐’•. ๐‘ด๐’š ๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’”๐’† ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’†. ๐‘ฐ๐’‡ ๐’๐’๐’๐’š ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‚ ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’“๐’• ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†. ๐‘ฐโ€™๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’š ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’•๐’† ๐‘ฐ ๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’•. ๐‘ด๐’š ๐’‡๐’‚๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’š ๐’˜๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’, ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’๐’๐’—๐’† ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’๐’†๐’๐’ˆ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’‘๐’“๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’—๐’†๐’” ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’‚๐’. ๐‘ฐโ€™๐’Ž ๐’‹๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‘๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ๐’†๐’… ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‹๐’๐’š! โ™ฅ๏ธ

Iโ€™m beyond thrilled my parents will meet their great-grandkids. After 2 1/2 years there will be lots of joy around THE Family Table when our Air Force men, their wives, and precious babies gather together. My home is here. And although they were both raised in Missouri, they have established their own homes with their families, and thatโ€™s what home is~family. Itโ€™s not a place. Itโ€™s the people. Family is everything. โค๏ธ

Oh, the joy to see a highchair!
Momโ€™s rocker, sonsโ€™ blankets, and a pup
Table made by my Uncle O.J. when the boys were small.
Books for Grammy K and grandkids…and a pup.

Have faith ๐Ÿ’š

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56 thoughts on “Homecoming”

  1. Beautiful in every way! I could feel your emotion through your heart penned words! How awesome! We serve such a mighty God! Blessings for a wonderful reunion of hearts! โค๏ธ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป

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      1. Thank you, Scott! I appreciate your kind words and support here. I canโ€™t stop smiling. I tend to smile a lot (there are my days…). But today nothing can make it less wide! ๐Ÿ˜

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  10. This is wonderful Karla, I can feel the love in it all. You are excited, are you not? ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿคฃ
    May it all be a blessed coming together for you all ๐Ÿ˜€ โค๏ธ ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ ๐Ÿฆ‹

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  12. atimetoshare.me

    What a sweet and welcoming place to gather. It looks like youโ€™ve settled in nicely. Your words are filled with tenderness and love, which is as it should be where our families are concerned.

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    1. Thank you, Kathy, for your precious words. The last 5 months of making a new home seems the most gratifying knowing family will visit. Small space overtaken with great love is perfect. You are always so kind and thoughtful in your words. I hope you and Paul are well. ๐Ÿค๐Ÿค—โค๏ธ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป

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  13. Opening your house and your heart to your family and the world is an exceptional invitation
    dear Karla. Being unique like you are, means all anyone sees is fascinating and your home
    is absolutely charming!
    Enjoy a peaceful day my friend, Eddie

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    1. Eddie, how kind and thoughtful! When I made โ€œhomeโ€, I wanted my full self to show in all that is around me. Thank you for the compliments. The RV wasnโ€™t a lot to decorate. And being able to host friends and family has been a long time coming again. It used to be a highlight of my life. Iโ€™ll cherish every opportunity! I always appreciate your support and kindness. Peace and blessings to you! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿค

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  21. I can hardly wait to hear about all the jampacked joy that was un-packed! ๐Ÿคฃ (PS- Oma spied several great favorite reads of her own on your bookshelves for the littles! Tomie dePaolo โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ)

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  22. Oh how your words reach right into my heart Karla. Iโ€™m never so happy as when the house is full of children and grandchildren! Iโ€™m so overjoyed for you, soak up every second, you have such a lovely heart, your children are blessed to have you! Warmly, C

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