Why I'm not a fan of New Years Day!

So a new year has begun! I really don’t like January the first, it is when all the kids leave.  No shrieking of little children. No running! You can’t hear a baby crying. The ice maker is not grinding ice. There are not 33 empty glasses sitting around the house. The Christmas tree is still on, but the presents are gone. The house is far to quiet!I look at the picture we took! It is a great picture! By the time we take another one the littlest  guy will be walking. The oldest two will be in school. There will be an addition next year (that will be number six), and we can only hope that there will be another announcement.It was a great Christmas. We are all healthy! God has been good to every one! The future holds many good things for each of us and we love each other deeply. I’m so very honored to be their Dad and Pappa. I love their Mom (Nammi)! So I don’t want to sound like I’m complaining, it’s just... I’m not trilled about the separation. Face time doesn’t replace real time, but some time is better than no time.I’m afraid I’ll miss birthdays, first steps and first words. I’m sure I’ll miss conversations that will change the world. I enjoyed football with my sons and small talk with the girls. I loved the chaos of the crowd and the mess that I had to step around.No I’m not a fan of the first day of the new year. I really means that it will be over 340 days before we are all in the same place again. It means that I must “remember” the moments shared and look forward to the future. So I live in this tension of the joy of yesterday and the celebration of tomorrow.Awe there it is ..... “Hope,” that’s what I was waiting for, Hope! Can’t really live today without it!I wonder if the Father feels like this? I wonder if He longs for the next Christmas day? The next event of His appearing! The next moment of our touching!Ok! So here we go.... Happy New Year!