1)  You’re homesick for it before you even leave on vacation.

2) Your nearly 5yrold son tells you he doesn’t want to go to Heaven someday because he’ll miss his house.

That second one about broke my heart.  Someday I’m going to miss that five year old, and he’ll have left my house for one of his own.  But that’s okay, because as my parents keep rediscovering… the kids always come back.

Thanks for a great 4th of July, Mom & Dad.