It's difficult having family, even extended family, in another country. When something happens that compels me to want to be there to help it kills me to be so far away. Over this weekend, my father in law had a health scare and being thousands of miles away was so hard! Information was coming in slowly and not being there to see him and have some gage on what was happening was maddening. He's fine and will be okay but those first days not knowing were very stressful. Especially on my husband.
I know, having gone through a serious medical upheaval with my mother, that he was going through a lot of scary thoughts and feelings and I felt helpless. As supportive as I tried to be, it wasn't easy and I feel that I wasn't as helpful as I could have been.
One of these days, hopefully sooner rather than later, we will be in a position to finally move to Sweden. It has always been our goal - to live there together. It's a huge undertaking and one we can't just jump into lightly. But until then, we have to hope for the best and hope everyone there stays safe and healthy.
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