We Are Family
Tomorrow I will be leaving for Florida to spend some time with my Mother and attend the memorial service for my Step Father. Thinking about having to fly for 4 hours then drive for 2 to see my Mother made me think about the way it was before flying was an option. My girls have some awesome aunts and uncles that they haven't really had an opportunity to get to know because they live scattered across the country. How different it would be if they could just walk down the road to go to my sister's house or to shoot some baskets with their grandfather. Instead, they see them maybe every 2 years or longer. I realize that I am romanticizing how life actually was but, according to history, as children married and moved from the "homeplace" they bought or were given land close to where they grew up so that everyone lived in the same general area. Except for those who were more adventurous and moved into town or even into the adjoining state. I have a friend who grew u