My sweet Hayden!

Working the weekends means that Matt and the kids often go away for the weekend. Sometimes it's nice to have an empty house. I can study or watch whatever I want to on TV. I can go to bed as early or as late as I want to, and I sleep in my bed all by myself. No one wakes me up in the middle of the night. Other times, I see them pull away on a Friday night and I just feel so lonely. I hate that I am missing out on some of the best times of their lives. I hate that I am not able to go to church with them. I hate just not seeing them everyday.

Yesterday, they loaded up and left for Stephenville. Even though they have stayed in town for the last two weekends, I was really sad to see them go. Sad to the point that I teared up a bit. I was so happy when I heard that they were headed back home. They had heard that Mama Lee had a stomach bug and the kids didn't need to be exposed. It turned out that her bug was food poisoning and they left today while I was gone to work. I came home to find a present that Hayden had wrapped for me. It was a note that he had typed out for me saying that he loved me. It was also one of his trains, and if you know how much he loves those trains, you know that it was a really sweet gift. I took a picture and will attempt to upload it. I will also upload a picture of another message he typed for me.

He just has the sweetest heart. I wish he could stay young and unaffected forever!