Out of sight, out of mind.

Isn't it funny how when things are out of sight, they are sometimes out of mind too. This isn't true in all cases, and I think there are varying degrees of it. But yeah, sometimes when you cannot see something you do not think about it as much. I know I miss my family because I'm such a family orientated person, so I always knew that coming away for uni would be hard, no matter how close to home uni is, I still miss my nephew and niece doing things for the first time and that is really hard for me. 

Me and my sister have always been so close, we never argued as kids because of the age gap between us, which has made us best friends as adults. When she had Jack, I was so excited to become an Auntie, it was such a special feeling. So when Millie came along, it was just as precious, maybe more because I now had a charming nephew and an adorable little niece. Because me and my sister are so close, it made me so close with Jack and Millie. Also, I'm their only Auntie so it kinda makes out relationship even more special.

Before today, I hadn't seen them in a month. A month doesn't even sound like a long time, especially when you consider the people who live really far from home, who can only see their family at Christmas, Easter and Summer, but with Jack and Mills it is different. They are children so a month to them seems like such a long time. And because they are children they change so much. When I last saw Millie, she could just about say 'Mum'. She has learnt to say so much in that month that I haven't seen her during. 

Just because I can't see them doesn't mean I don't think about them, but because I don't see them as often as I'd like means that when I do see them, it makes it harder afterwards because it reminds me just how much I miss them and how much it sucks to be away from them.