and these eyes are never gonna dry...

after the birthday party on sunday evening, the slaughters called abigail to wish her a happy birthday. i gave her the phone and she talked to kristen, then henry, then wes, then molly, and finally uncle dave." she was so excited to talk to them, and did not want to get off the phone.
after she had talked with dave for awhile she said, "love you, bye!" and then pause and said, "wait, uckoo dave!" and had another whole conversation with him. and then, "okay, love you, bye!" ...."wait, uckoo dave!" she asked him things like, "why you move to virginia?" and, "why you have to work there?" and, "why you not come back home?" and, "why i not play with henry?" it was so sad... this went on for about 10 minutes until she reluctantly gave the phone back to me. she told me afterwards, "take me in your car to see henry and molly. i want to go virginia, too!"





















"little did i know
how deep these roots had grown
until i felt the earthquake here
without you

and this ache is gonna break me love
until you come back home
right or wrong
there is no home without you"