Of course I miss you!
I found this when I went to bed last night:
At first glance, I didn’t see the text and thought Data put his toy mouse and a popsicle stick (from where though?) on the bed. Then I saw that it said, “Do you miss me? Love Mom.”
I love my goober mother.
And yes, I do miss my parents, who were here Thursday night through Sunday afternoon. We always look forward to their visits – we have so much fun! We usually have a lot planned (this time, it was the Workout in the Park, seeing Iron Man 2, putting a hitch on my car, and a ton of projects on the Datsun 280Z) and seem to find even more to do when they visit (this time, it was shopping, trying new recipes, going to the garden, and watching the birds with Data). We get up early to maximize the day and our time together, and usually stay up late chatting.
Data and Mom watching for birds – my parents brought me another shepard’s hook and two feeders!
We have so much fun with them that it is a letdown to get back to normal life after they leave. So, yes mom, I do miss you, and dad!
What is your relationship like with your parents (or family)? How often do you see them? When do you miss them?
I would estimate that I see my parents 10 times a year – a lot more during the summer. But they only come out to our home once or twice a year, and that time always feels really special to me, because I get them all to myself. Muah ha ha!
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Awww! My mom was visiting with me this weekend too. It was the best. She is my best friend and I am so grateful for her 🙂
I live close to my parents so I usually see them once a week which is really nice. I like having them so close so that I can just pop over for dinner or to hang out for a bit and then go home.
I saw my mom and dad (plus little sister and niece) this weekend too!!! I only get to see them about 6 times a year, which is really nice since they live so far away. I am really close to both of them and it kills me to be so far away!
I have the best relationship with my parents. They live in South Carolina so I only get to see them about 3 times per year but they come to NY to stay for 3 – 4 weeks every summer. It gets less and less every year :(.
I miss them all the time which is why I call them almost EVERY DAY! They are my sounding boards -whether something is wrong or something right, they are the two people who hear it all. My best friends.
I have a really good relationship with my mom, dad, and stepmom. I see them pretty often (all of them live within 15 miles of me) but before they moved into my hood (yep it was mine and then they moved here), I would say I saw them a dozen or so times a year.
My parents are my best friends. I see them at least once/week usually. We live within an hour of each other so we are lucky to be so close. I tend to miss them most if I’m REALLY sick (I’m a big baby) & when I studied in Rome, the longest I went without seeing them was about 12 weeks & I missed them a lot.
I was so excited when my parents visited me when I was living there… and so bummed when they left!
Lol…too funny.
I love, love, love my family. We live twenty hours away, so whenever we get a chance to go visit them, we stay for as long as we can. I miss them so much when we’re away 🙁
First thought: Wow, you’re awfully calm for discovering a mouse on your bed. 😉
My parents and I get along a lot better with a few thousand miles between us. Let’s just leave it at that!
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oh lord…
don’t get me started. i have a fantastically good relationship with my parents. how fantastic, you may ask? so great, that i choose to work with them every single day. i know…it’s a bit much and will likely come to an end soon. but we’ve gone 8 years so far, and no major blow-ups yet!
I probably see my Mom once a week and in between we email a couple times. It’s nice having her in the same city.
Awww, looks like a great time you had with your mom. The photos you took at Self Workout in the Park – looked like fun. And I totally get the letdown after they leave.
Despite living 1,000 miles away from my parents, I have a great relationship with them. I wouldn’t say I ever miss them, because I really do feel connected to them, even though I only get to see them 2-3 times a year.
I completely relate to it being sad when my parents leave. I miss them so much. When we lived in the same town we saw each other at least once a week. Now, though, I’m lucky to see them once a month!
I love my parents, but I much prefer seeing them one-on-one (or with Larry, so two-on-two) than at the big family gatherings. I really don’t like the big gatherings. Call me a party pooper. I probably see my parents an average of once a month. Sometimes, I don’t see them for a few months, but then I’ll see them a lot for a certain phase. So, ya, probably 10-15 times/year. I’m very close with them and keep in touch with phone and email so they never seem far away. When I was single, I used to go home to visit a lot more…and I always got SUPER sad leaving.
Did you like Iron Man 2? It’s on our list…
I don’t dig the big gatherings either – just because they are so hectic and there are so many annoying family members there.
I thought Iron Man 2 was okay. We loved the first one, but thought the storyline was weak on this one. I can say that ScarJo did not ruin it. That was a surprise.
My family and I can talk for hours, too. My husband thinks it’s insane. He loves his family, but their relationship is so different from mine with my family. I get to see my parents 3-4 times a year as we’re about 700 miles apart and they’re not travelers and we have a puppy. It’s tough to live so far apart, but we make the most of the time we do spend together. Ironic that they’re coming to see us this weekend!!!
i am super close to my sis but my parents are no in their 80’s and it is hard to be close with them as friends-they can’t hear very well and they can’t get around as much. it has been hard to switch roles and be more of a care giver instead of a daughter 🙁
I miss my folks a lot. They are in MA and we are in TX. We see them a 4-5 times a year.. enarly NOT enough. I talk to my mom twice a day and my dad every evening.
We’re both close to our families. I talk to my mom on the phone at least five times a week. We’ve only seen my parents once since Christmas and his folks twice since Christmas. It kind of stinks going several months without seeing them, but it makes their visits extra special!
I see each of my parents maybe once or twice a year, usually for holidays and vacations. I guess I don’t really miss them too often since we talk all the time. I’ve lived so far away from my family for nearly a decade that the distance has become normal. The only person I really miss when one of us is far away is my husband.
I see my parents multiple times a day since they dogsit for me while Im at work.
My boyfriend and I also go over there for dinner, or to watch tv a lot. He said to me once “theyre our only friends” and sadly enough, he’s totally right.
my folks live across the country. i see them once or twice a year for about a week at a time. i do miss them, but i have to admit we get along better with the distance.
Now that I am living with my parents…it is, well, different. But when I wasn’t living at home, I still saw them once, if not twice a week. I ended a very long relationship years ago because his job would have forced us to move and I just was not willing to do that. I lived really far away once and it killed me. Even though I want to get out of NJ, I just don’t think I could be far from my parents.
So cute from your mom. When we moved to CO from MD in 1994, I REALLY missed my mom and dad. We considered moving back east just for them, but loved CO. Then the best thing happened: they moved here and three miles away. We have a great relationship, but everyone is also very respectful with good boundaries. I am SO glad my kids get to know their grandparents on a day to day basis…
That’s nice that you have a good relationship with your mom and can see your family so often. I only get to see mine like three times a year now, so sad! I hope that once grad school is over, I can find move somewhere where visiting isn’t so difficult.
I must admit that I’m always a bit envious of people who have amazing relationships with parents. I relate really well to my parents as adults, but it’s a complicated relationship. So, I always feel a bit torn after I see them – yes, it’s wonderful to see them and I love them, but there are some difficult feelings mixed up in there. That said, they visited us in January and stayed with us for almost a week, and it was a really great visit. I think we are all aging well together.
My relationship with my parents is fairly good. Okay with my dad and BFF with my mom. Since I’m currently living with them I would say that I see them quite often. 😉
Ha! That’s too funny. I could see my dad putting something like that in my room, not so much my mom. I have a good relationship with my parents, they are both pretty great people. I wish I could see them more, but when I do see them, it makes it that much better!
I do not have good relationships with my parents. I am struggling with my kids. I see the common thread and guess I need to do some soul searching.
Just between us (I’m sure my mom would be appalled if she read this):
I wouldn’t say I’m really really close with my parents.
I do feel a bit close with my mom sometimes, but sometimes, she does things that just doesn’t make sense…like she’ll lie about stupid things. And she always wants me to believe that my dad is a certain way (wonderful and loving), even though I have seen otherwise for 25 years now.
In saying that – I barely have a relationship with my father at all. I feel like I have put enough effort into making it work with him, it’s too painful to get the response I do. I’m happier just letting him go his way and I’ll go mine.
Sad….but what can you do?
What a lovely post! I am really close with my parents too. In fact they’re two of my best friends. I wouldn’t know what to do without them and am very lucky to have them in my life.
I only live 20 km away from them so I usually see them every Sunday for dinner.
We’ve always been very close and it has always been really important to them that we (my sis and I) could talk to them about everything.
I really want that close relationships with my kids too (IF I’ll have kids that is.. ;))
Glad you had a nice time with your parents. I am also super close with my parents (just got back from visiting them) and wish I could see them more. One of the best parts about growing up has been the transition from them just being my parents…to being two of my best friends. 🙂
I hope this week is better for you in terms of how your legs feel!! Just try to listen to your body and don’t push it TOO much. Also, icy hot can be your best friend when it comes to loosening up lower legs. 😉
Ooo, good idea! I think we even have some icy hot!
I love that I feel like my parents are more like friends now too 🙂
I love your mom’s sense of humor!
I see my mom every week pretty much because she lives relatively close. I see my dad at least a dozen times a year. Great relationships with both.
Love your new hook and feeders!
LOL, that’s awesome! I see my parents probably about once a month, it really depends on my schedule and theirs. More in the summer too 🙂 We get along pretty well as long as we don’t live together!
I know what you mean! I don’t see my parents that often but when we do it’s a great time! And I love having them to myself, too!
I love your relationship with your parents – you can tell you are very close! That is impressive that you see them that often, living in separate cities, too. I want to come do fun, active things with your family!
I am very close with my parents – maybe even too dependent on them (I wonder). Not financially at all (oh…how I wish), but I feel like I call them all.the.time to ask them homeowner/financial/life questions. This is where a good, honest man (who was good at home improvement projects) would come in handy. But, seriously, though – I am thankful ALL the time that I’m blessed to have a great relationship with my parents and sisters. Oh, and I probably see someone in my family (parents or sisters, nieces or nephews) two or three times a week?
What a fun visit. 🙂
My parents came to visit this weekend, too. We had such a good time. We’re all really close.
Revealing something I don’t think I’ve blogged or commented before. I didn’t know my father. Saw him twice in my whole life. He passed away in June 2000 at the age of 84. My mom raised me as a single parent. For the most part, she did a great job, but we did have our issues. At the time of my divorce, we had a falling out for a couple of years, but rebuilt our relationship to a very solid point her last 3 years (she passed in April 2006 at the age of 83), which I am very happy about.
I visited my mom at least 6 times a year (I live in Utah and she lived in California – Anaheim area) and while her telling the same stories got old, I learned how to engage other conversations with her, which both of us enjoyed.
I miss my visits with her and talking to her, but glad I was able to have a good relationship with her during her last years.
That is great that you were able to have a relationship with your mom! I know a lot of people now who have both parents but neither side make an effort to be involved in each other’s lives… it’s sad!