Take a two week vacation across the USA to your adult child's home.
We had a wonderful time visiting Virginia and Washington DC this past October. The day we left home we had the first snowfall of the season. Almost 2 inches of fluffy powder--- YIPPEE!!! After 14 hours traveling on airplanes we got off the plane to 78 HUMID degrees in Virginia. Ewwww! Sticky and wet. On the way home from the airport, we stopped for a wonderful dinner of fresh SEAFOOD -- Glorious SEAFOOD. I made my decision that I could contend with and adapt to the humidity and the 80 degree + temperatures in October as long as there was a never ending supply of fresh seafood.
We played on the beach. We saw museums and went shopping shopping shopping. Amazing grocery stores there. I had Sweet Tea! Oh heavens, that stuff is almost as glorious as the seafood was. It just doesn't taste the same at home. I brought home some Luizzane brand tea bags. Maybe that will be the ticket? We spent two days in Washington DC. I have a new quest for our American history that I never had before. We visited Jamestown and Williamsburg and were dismayed to find how commercialized it was. I picked up rocks at Jamestown and feel like I have a part of the history there.
It was wonderful to see how great they are doing. Beautiful, warm and inviting home. I have no idea where Dan learned to be such a neat freak. A place for everything and everything in it's place. Gotta give his beautiful wife a bunch of the credit. She has made him a beautiful home and he appreciates it so much. They are such wonderful people. If we didn't already love them, we sure would after we met them now. They are active in their community, friendly and concerned about their neighbors and neighborhood. Socially responsible. Loving parents to three amazing dogs. Dedicated to their jobs and classes. Fun loving and friendly.
No parent could ask for more. I don't feel a sense of empty nest loneliness anymore. I am so proud and content.
What an amazing and wonderful life I have.
I am so thankful and blessed.
