Saying goodbye is hard to do

I love picking up friends and family from the airport.  The anticipation feels a bit like Christmas morning!  Jonathan's parents are in NJ, mine in WA and our siblings are all over world.  Family and friends coming to visit is a huge deal.

On the other hand it always makes me sad to drop them off at the airport at the end of a visit.  The drive home is rather long and melancholy.

Today I dropped my mother off at the airport after a 2 week visit.  It was time for her to go, of course, but we will all miss her!