[graciegirl]

I so feel for you May and husband. I would say that it is easier when the grandchildren are bigger but our two are 23 and 18 who have always lived just a few blocks from us and they said things like...

"This is the house where Christmas and Thanksgiving and Easter and Birthdays and Mothers day and Fathers day happen and where we come and you always listen.........................."

"You aren't going to move down there and have one of those little tiny Christmas trees are you?"

"What about our pets that are buried out in your forest?"

They have each begun their own adventure, one starting college and one who will be finishing this spring and their mother, our other daughter has remarried this summer sooooo.............

I just keep saying. This is not a dress rehearsal. This is our time, and we are busier and more active here, and we are surrounded by others doing and feeling the same. This is the fourth quarter. We would be sitting there waiting for those times with them, which get less when they get busier living their own lives.

..... but I am so busy here that I don't have much time to feel and think about it. And I am looking forward to the week at Christmas when they will all be here! I know they love us so much that they want us to be happy and busy.

And should you feel down...drop by, I will be waiting with hugs and coffee and something sweet.