My son and his
beautiful, fun-loving and ambitious bride are moving across the country. I am going to miss them so…
Here’s the
thing. They live a little over an hour
from us now and we rarely see them.
Well, rare might be a bit strong, but, we see them much less than we see
the two girls. I sort of “knew” it would
be that way as I know we see the girls more than their in-laws do. I’ve always believed that boys leave their
mothers and girls just bring boys along.
I think that’s even biblical, right? My son has always had one foot out the door but
not until he met this wonderful girl did he get on the move.
So, she has
accepted a position a half continent away and they’re off! I am excited
for them as they plan their next adventure together. Married two years and already a lot of miles
in their captain’s log, they leave for the Pacific Northwest in just a few
weeks. Because she is ambitious and
wants to learn as much as she can about her profession, she hopes to start her
doctorate while she is out there, which, feasibility tells us, means they will
stay put, perhaps, while she works on that AND continues her occupational
therapy career in a school system. That’s
a good thing, too, as she will have the time to do so without the caseload she
experienced in Cook County.
I am a big fan
of this couple, as are most everyone they meet.
They are open, friendly, giving, quirky, accepting at face-value
people. They can be ready for an
experience at the drop of the hat and both love their families so much that
they try to make every family event they can.
Sometimes they can’t, and that’s okay because it’s never that they didn’t
feel it, it’s more like they have some opportunity to do something the rest of
will never try, or see, or taste. Or it could be they have a new guest, a “couch
surfer” coming in and they need to prepare for the arrival. Look it up.
Couch surfing. It’s real, and
they are both users and providers of this service.
We will miss
them being around, for sure. The time we
get to spend with them may be rare, and becoming more so, but, most of us, in
small ways and not so small, want to BE them.
Carry on, good young people. Live
a grand life, a big life. Just be sure
to keep in touch.
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