All the tears, worries and happiness of my new romance! 7
Friday 10 June 2011 - Lessons In Gratitude
I'm feeling a little more upbeat this week. Maybe it's because my birthday is tomorrow. Yay! Since Andrew is away, I don't have any real plans.
The kids and I are going to have dinner with Una tomorrow. It will be weird eating with his mother without him being around. I got some beautiful birthday roses at work today from Andrew. He is a very thoughtful man, but birthdays are rough when you are in a long distance relationship. We plan on "re-celebrating" when he comes home in a month or so.
Days slip into weeks and weeks slip into months when you are waiting for someone to come back to you. One holiday reminds you of the next holiday around the corner, hoping and waiting for him to be back by then. I already know he won't be back home by the Fourth of July.
Even though I am in a long distance relationship, I know that I am fortunate. There are always the uncertainties in the back of my mind. What if he is injured while he is in another country? Accidents happen all the time. What if something goes wrong on the airplane whilst he is on his way back to me? I can't get caught up in that kind of thinking. I can't spend my life worrying about the "what ifs."
Negative thinking builds up great invisible barriers. Unsettling thoughts shake our mental stability, and when we dwell on the bad things that happen in life, we miss out on all of the good things. Yes, Andrew will be gone for months. I will cry over missing him and the loneliness that I feel in my heart while he is away, but I have found someone that I truly love.
Everyone that has ever been in a LDR can relate to what I am saying. In one way, we are lucky. Sometimes I believe that the old saying, "familiarity breeds contempt,” holds true. I see a lot of people in relationships that have never had to be way from each other. They snap at their spouses and take out the day's frustrations on them. They have never felt that longing that us LDR people have. They don't sit and reminisce on happy times and cherished moments spent together. They only realize how much they loved their significant other when it's too late.
I'm sure that when Andrew returns we will have our ups and downs. Every day won't be bliss, but I do know how I feel without him right now, and I know in my heart I will cherish whatever time we have together be it good or bad because I know that I am a lot more at peace with him than I am without him.
Until next week - keep safe!
Laura
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