Parental Visit

My parents came to visit this weekend on their way to Hawaii (yes I know they are so spoiled) and I couldn't have had a better visit. I have an issue in general in this new, my parents are real people situation, so usually I am a little stressed when we have visits together. But this visit was different we chatted like friends, laughed and I truly did not want them to leave when it came to drop them off at the airport, I didn't want to loose that wonderful love that they bring into my life, it truly made me, for the first time in 8 months, second guess my decision to live on the opposite end of the country.

Growing up my parents were total role models, my father didn't drink (due to a stomach condition that I to have) neither of them swore and both always, always did the right thing. I was brought up to finish what I started, be polite, work hard and not take anything for granted. So when I went to university and my parents started showing themselves, funny how parents have personalities, it made me very unsure of my place and how to act. Now I am 24 and with my partners help I have really learned to let go of my unsure thoughts, my parents love me no matter what and its nice to be able to interact on a person to person basis. I never knew I would be so happy to call my parents my friends.

My mother is an amazing person, and as much as I have fought it over the years I am exactly like her. I am quick to have my feelings hurt, take everything as a criticism and am a people pleaser to the bone. Seeing the similarities between us helps me understand her more, knowing why she acts the way she does enables me to see her side and try to help her do what she wants (which she never does) Mom has always been there for me, every step of the way pushing through even when I was a brat of a child who was so ungrateful she must have wanted to strangle me. I am thankful everyday for such a supportive mother, and having someone in my life so solid I know I will never fall far because she is there to catch me.

My father is who I strive to be like, and most people say we are alike. He is the more easy going parent goes with the flow, though steps up when needed. I have always found it easier to talk to him about things than my mother, he is just so to the point and this is the problem, now it is fixed. I am a daddy's girl to the core. My father and I can sit and talk about books and movies for hours, and have watched movies for hours on occasion. My father has an ease, he is never stressed or never shows it, to living that I wish I had. A confidence that everything will work. He taught me everything I know.

I miss them..