Childhood Heartaches

My 12 year old came home crying the other day because her best friend might be moving. These girls are so close and such good friends. It's going to be hard if a move is inevitable.

Come on! What's not to like? Warmer temperatures than we have... Beaches... I might as well just plan on having a very teary pre-teen for the summer. We've thought about heading to the southeast ourselves but I'm not looking at Wilmington NC real estate just yet. Maybe for retirement.

On top of that, there will be the inevitable tears after my stepkids' summer visit when it is time to go back to their mother's (assuming they are coming...it's not been mentioned and the older they get, the less it will be). It's looking to be an emotional summer.

I would love to move south into Tennessee or North Carolina. We can't do it now since work is here but maybe when the kids are older, we can get ourselves a little vacation place somewhere and make it a place for the family to convene a few times a year to vacation together (and sneak away with just my husband for some one-on-one time).