Skipping Summer

I'm typically not one to wish away time. I truly try to enjoy every moment to the full. And even more so, I LOVE SUMMER! I love summer so much that I LOATH Fall because that means Summer is over. But this year things are different. I am literally counting the seconds until September. I just want to throw Summer out the window. So that means something HUGE is happening in September. That means that my best friend is finally coming home! 

This past year and half has felt like eternity plus eight. I don't know how so many life changing moments can happen in such a short time. Kayli is coming home to an entire new world.

Nikki has moved to California, Kimberlee had had a baby & is pregnant with another. I graduated high school and am now going to college. My mom passed away. My dad got a girlfriend and then got engaged. My extended family isn't as close since my mom died. I went in and out of a relationship. I went to five different countries! We sold all the family businesses. My dad has bought a new truck, wave runners, camper, razor, trailer, kayaks, and a massage chair. My grandma's health has declined drastically. Kayli's friends have gotten engaged, married, and pregnant! And that's not including all the things that have gone on in the U.S. & Utah to change the way things are politically. It's like a complete 180! 

She is coming back to a different place with changed people. And I'm scared for her. How is she going to take this all in at once? Coming home is hard enough for the average missionary, but I feel her circumstances make things much harder.

To be honest I think it's going to be really hard for me to have her come home too. Not because I don't want her here, definitely not that. I just have this hope in my heart that everything will change back to how it was before she left. But that's not going to happen and I wish I could convince my heart of that so I don't have to go through unnecessary heartbreak.