It's all yours, Willie! Yesterday we made the trip home from northern Minnesota in one day, a grueling 800-mile trip that took us 14 hours. Yes, we slept in this morning, and despite the weariness, we are very happy to be home.
This trip generated a mighty fine assortment of emotions in me:
Happiness... I'm so pleased for the son and family landing in their dream home, with an infinite number of projects to entertain, delight and learn from. Examples are raising chickens and creating a working greenhouse.
Envy... Their new home was my dream when I was their age, but I don't have the energy at this age to take on all those projects!
Sadness... that they have moved even further away; that our sons are no longer in the same area. This trip made me really miss our other son still living in Colorado.
Frustration... due to my sciatica recovery, I was not able to be as helpful as I would have liked. I was mainly the runner for food and the baby-wrestler.
Disappointment... the visit was completely consumed by the move to the new homestead, so we didn't even get to stick our toes in Lake Superior. More fun to come on future visits.
Gratitude... we were able to be there and be big helpers in the move.
Excitement... for future trips when we get to see the amazing ways they make this new homestead uniquely theirs. I'm especially thrilled that our grandsons are now in such a RICH learning environment--acres of woods, a river, a huge garden, and a studio/workshop/greenhouse combo to create in.
(Great) Grandpa Snapper (my dad), sawmill owner and builder of his own log cabin, is smiling big-time in eternity!!!
Leta
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