My phone started ringing last night with family members calling. First my dad called, he wanted me to know he missed me and understood why I am not there, but the lighting bugs are flying and they are my calling card.
Then my sister Stacy called to say they were going to play poker and wished I was there. Then Sheila called she had been Cat fishing which I love and agin she wished I was there.
You see, up until about 4 years ago I had never seen my dad or a lighting bug and did not know I had 3 other sisters. We celebrate our finding eachother every May. May of 2004 was the first time I laid eyes on Texas and the first time I met my Texas family.
Since then every April or May and again in the fall I visit. We catch up tell stories that many others have heard time and time again but they are totally new to me and mine to them.
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generally am there for Mother's Day - and tomorrow is Mother's Day - and I am in Oregon. Oh how I want to be in Texas - I want to see the lighting bugs, hug my sisters - play poker with my brother in law and just hang out with the family.
This year with Mike being down, Oregon will have to do... maybe in the fall but I don't want to get my hopes up.
One of the great things about ActiveRain is I can always get a taste of Texas - have you noticed the great agents we have in Texas that are ActiveRain members. Not sure where these guys were when I 
was thinking of moving to Texas... but sure glad I know them now - because if I did make that decision I know where to find a good agent.
Thanks all you Texas folks for giving me a slice of my home away from home.
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