[eweissenbach]

Just read every post in this thread for the first time, and have to say much of what I read is heart wrenching. My wife and I were considering the purchase of a home in TV but have now decided we will probably just rent for two or three months in the winter, as we have for the past three years. When we talked of purchasing a place in TV our youngest son (36) and his wife were not too happy (they have three YO twins) and the older son and our daughter were not thrilled, but would have accepted it. We have never planned to live full-time in TV as all three kids and the grand kids live within fifteen minutes of us, and my wife's elderly mother and maiden sister live about thirty minutes away. The only logical option for us, at least in our minds, would have been to maintain a home in Missouri as well as one in TV. I can certainly understand the difficulty and in some cases, guilt, for leaving family behind, and each person has to handle it in their own way. I think I would have been unconditionally happy for my parents had they chosen to move to a place like TV, but everyone handles things differently. It is really heartbreaking to think that a family can be irrevocably divided over something that should be seen as a deserved and positive life decision, but undoubtedly it can and does, happen. I pray that all of you who have experienced this difficulty will find a positive resolution with your loved ones.