What exactly is the heart of a home? The fireplace, the kitchen or the family that live there? I explored this recently when, for the first time both my children were away on school trips at the same time. Approaching this with feelings of discomfort I quickly realised that I had not prepared myself for the feelings of loss and emptiness as I missed my children for the few days that we spent apart.
Initially, the separation was difficult but gradually things began to improve as I wondered what we had done with our time all those years ago in our child free days. I needed to fill my time doing all those things that I intended to do but not got round to yet. But I did miss them. Loads.
It was an absolute joy to see them return and have the house filled with people, sweet wrappers and arguements about what to watch on TV. I'll never complain again! The house seemed so quiet and empty without them. The family really is the heart of the home.
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