Dear Lillian, Many the Miles

Dear Lillian,

I heard a song on Pandora today...

There's too many things that I haven't done yet
Too many sunsets
I haven't seen
You can't waste the day wishing it'd slow down
You would've thought by now
I'd have learned something

I made up my mind when I was a young girl
I've been given this one world
I won't worry it away
But now and again I lose sight of the good life
I get stuck in a low light
But then Love comes in

How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
Many the miles
How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
But send me the miles and I'll be happy to follow you Love

 It made me think of how many miles I have come to get to you. 400 miles. I followed your dad to Georgia in order to get to you.

I look back at the past two years of my life...I got engaged, married, moved to Georgia, started a child portrait photography business, started a wedding photography business with a partner, closed my portrait business, got involved with our church...then got pregnant.

July always seems to mark monumental moments in my life. I got engaged July 18, 2010. So looking to my future, I'm not sure where I'll be July 18, 2013. I'm hoping the miles will bring me somewhere new. I long to raise you in Tennessee. I couldn't think of a better place for you to grow up! I don't want to waste away your childhood being miserable in Georgia, while wishing you would get to grow up near family. I hope and pray that we will be in Tennessee in a year.

I'm realizing that a home is much like a church. It's a body of people, not a place or building. Georgia is not my home, because my family and friends aren't here.

How far do I have to go to get to home? Many the miles...but send me the miles.