laying in the dark...

listening to the soothing hum of slumbering schilldren and cuddled up next to Jeremy. i am so pleased that home is something we carry with us. we are eight hours from our house and yet we are home. we pulled into the driveway and my babies jumped out and started to play with their friends, as if we were here yesterday. they picked up where they left off last time and it is so awesome to watch. we drove onto a secured base that has such a sense of belonging and ownership, i feel like we lack that where we are stationed. i have forgotten how much i missed it. it makes me homesick for my childhood, the one pre death and chaos and upheaval. the time when we ran the neighborhood til the street lights came on. i see aafes and m.p.s and a shoppette and suddenly i am an air force brat again. i hope sleep doesn't elude me tonight, there is too much fun to be had tomorrow.