just got back from a weekend in s.f. w/ bernie.
i really enjoyed seeing everyone again & being with my family and having bernie there, too. each time i come back it takes a little while to get used to being apart from them again. the one thing i miss a lot is not getting to see my brother & sister grow more and being able to influence the lives of my family members more, spiritually-speaking. this has been one of my bigger burdens since i've been away from home.
i wonder if that feeling of homesick ever goes away - i always wonder about this & feel this way after visiting them. this is why i want my parents closer to me when they're older - either bernie & i up there or them back down here...
earlier i was listening to the radio and this call-in show had a person who called in saying that she had been away from home for about 10 mos. (b/c she got married - she was like 20 years old) and was missing her family.
The host quoted Genesis 2:24
"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. "
I wonder if we're meant to stay at home till we're ready to get married. This feeling that the caller was having for having been away from her parents for less than a year I've consistently had after each visit home for almost 3 years.
and the host pointed out that the reason we're meant to leave the nest is so we can have a successful marriage w/ our husband/wife. but when is the time to leave the nest? sometimes i wonder if i left too early - this happens everytime 
perhaps i'm just a mama's boy... i think i am | 
