Moments to Remember

Tomorrow is a day that will be filled with happiness and sadness, all at once. How can that be, you may ask. Happiness will be when I see my daughter and her family being so excited about leaving for the beach for 5 days. Clay and Livvy are just beside themselves with excitement and I believe that Mark is even more excited. He's wanting to leave at daybreak; however, check-in isn't until later in the afternoon so we will wait for the sun to rise I'm sure. This will be our second camping trip with Kendra's family and I'm looking forward to it too; yet, I'm a little nervous since the last time we went together is when I had my heart attack. I have just had my nuclear stress test, however, and everything looked okay so I should be good to go.

Sadness will come early tomorrow morning when my son and his wife will be leaving to go home to California. It has been such a treat having them with us again and I will sorely miss them. Donnie loves to retire early each evening but I have enjoyed staying up talking with Judy and my 2 daughters when they were here. In fact, Kendra, realizing the lateness of the hour and remembering that we will be leaving in a few hours, just left going to her home. My other daughter, Marty, and my grandson, Alek, went home yesterday, and Thom, my other son, left on Sunday but returned today to spend some time with his brother and sisster. Now, he has gone back home and will be traveling to Virginia tomorrow. So you see, sadness surrounds us when we can no longer feel the love and warmth from the arms of our loved ones. We do have to remember, though, that the happiness will return soon when, once again, we await their arrival. And, of course, let us not forget the wonderful memories we have made when we were together. Just as the 50's song says, "We'll have these moments to remember."