Goodbyes
My grandmother was born in Galway, Ireland and moved to Boston when she was a young woman. The only family that lived here as well were her sister and niece. I never fully understood how hard it must have been having her mom and two other sisters and cousins and nieces and nephews all over in Ireland until the last few years. I have alot of family here but I also have family in Texas, Ireland and Scotland. In the past month my husbands uncle came to visit from Scotland, my aunt and cousin came to visit from Texas and my three cousins (although I think of them more as my aunts and uncle) came to visit from Scotland. Although it was so much fun having so much company and I was so glad to see everyone it was also bittersweet because at the end of the visits come the goodbyes. You go to the airport knowing fully youll be in tears by the ride home. Its sad, your bound to start crying. I hadnt seen my aunt and cousin in four years so you start thinking God how long will it be this time. Also my uncle and two other cousins couldnt come so thats sad ... my husbands uncle came and although it hadn't been that long since we saw him it also sucked because my mother in law sister in laws and brother in law and my little niece that is one who I've only seen once ...and many others werent coming over ....Then today my cousins in Ireland went home. I hadnt seen them in 5 years and it was their first time to America.... I wanted to go home in thier suitcase. My daughter is almost three and already starts crying when we mention the goodbyes ... she knows what it means when you say so and so is going home on the plane. She sees a plane in the sky and says hi to all her relatives that have come to visit and have gone home. why are flights so expensive , to keep families apart?????????? Its not right... I was so sad thinkin they have all come and gone ... like that how does the waiting seem so long and yet the trip is so fast. Imagine to that when my grandmother was young it was harder to travel .... across the pond. well i miss everyone and at least I have lots of memories and plans to meet again in the future.