After our Monday departure from Texas Jayden told his mom he shouldn't go to school that day because every time he thought about us leaving he wanted to cry. Gracie tried to console him by saying we were only at Mercy's, and would be back the next day. Somehow her mind felt most comfortable with that explanation.
We fondly remember things like the first morning when grandkids quietly came into the bedroom and whispered at us until we awoke so they could crawl in bed with us. Or hiding with Norah and Gracie until Jay gave up looking for us. Or teaching Jay how to shoot the nail-gun and seeing the wonder in his face when he made that first shot. I bet he is the only kid in his class to have used one. For me all the grandchild interaction gives the work and sacrifice of raising our own family added meaning. I really miss those little twerps!
Many thanks to Adam and Jamie for the improvements to guest room. Very comfortable.
A bit of wanderlust combined with a garage full of cool things. Beginning in April 2010 follow our cabin build history and other adventures in remote Gustavus, Alaska
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"Most of us live a cautious life on the principle of safety first; but to live the Christian life there is necessary a certain reckless willingness to adventure. If faith can see every step of the way, it is not really faith."
Wm. Barclay
“Few frontiers would have been settled without that special breed of women who have always followed the footsteps of their wandering husbands.” Wayne Short, from “The Cheechakoes”
"Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing."
Helen Keller
"...not all those who wander are lost"
J.R.R. Tolkien
"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do than by the things you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
Samuel Clemens
"Truth is the cry of many but the game of few." --George Berkeley
"I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is."
Albert Camus
God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame. "Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do" "Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Gian Carlo Menotti
Langston Hughes
About Me
- Mel (AKA Dad, Papa Mel, Grampa)
- Not retired, just tired. Married 44 years. Viet Nam Vet (1st Cavalry Division). Enjoying life!
1 comment:
yes, sweet sorrow.
so glad these memories are made!
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