3rd Honeymoon? I don't think so...

Justin and I are off tomorrow to Gatlinburg, TN. We spent what we call our "1st Honeymoon" there for a week (our 2nd was a weekend in NY a week after we got home from Gatlinburg). It was gorgeous, warm, quiet, fun, and intimate. This trip will be all of the same, except the quiet and intimate qualities. We are meeting the Gordon side of our family there. Justin's parents have rented a cabin in the Smokey Mountains for all 8 of us for the week. I am looking forward to seeing my family! Abbie turned 4 today, and we get to see her and Peyton tomorrow! We didn't get to see her on her birthday last year or the year before. It was such a bummer! I'm hoping to have new pictures up when we get back. I bought batteries for the camera, so I should be able to get some good pictures.
I miss my family (both the Gordon side and the Strange side) more than I ever knew I would. Do you think our parents raise us knowing that someday we might move 2000 miles away? Do you think they're able to break through the sadness of the distance to be truly proud of what we've accomplished? Would we have been this satisfied with life if we'd stayed closer to our family? I think these are some of life's unanswered questions, or at least seem unanswerable, because we don't necessarily want to think about it.