I never realised how much I missed them
This weekend my girls have been on a mini break to Nanny’s house. We told them it was a holiday especially for them but truthfully it was so that we could catch up on some much needed sleep. Well Mary could, I unfortunatey dont sleep much.
Now Mary keeps telling me how much she was missing them but I thought I was doing ok. That is until I turned the key in the lock when I got home from work and Rose came running up to gvie me a great big hug. Well I’m not one for public displays of emotion. Putting in blunty I dont cry in public. I firmly believe that if you’re going to have a boo then you take yourself off somewhere quiet, get it over and done with and then get on. It’s probably one of those self preservation things you learn at boarding school. Anyway even I could feel my eyes getting wet as I welled up with joy that they were back.
It’s at this point that I am in awe of those men and women that have no choice and have to work away from their family. I realise that there is no way I would chose to be apart from my wife and kids for any length in time.
So I guess that this is a thank you that although we’ve had to consider the possibility of working away from home in the past I have never had to