Remembering

Today we will be headed back to the states.

Yesterday was cold and rainy with wind blowing to match Chicago. Today as we use up the time change we will fly to Chicago; Some twelve hours of travel and layover but only five hours with the clock. Board the first flight at two pm. in Kiev Ukraine, Exit the second flight at seven thirty pm. in Chicago USA.

While it was cold and rainy the girls took a rest day and stayed at the apartment, Sleeping in, watching movies, doing nails, social net “working”, relaxing. Susan and I did go out for a short time but when we asked them if they wanted to go is was, No. Great having older girls!

To be fair to you as a reader of this blog there needs to be a disclaimer. This has not been a “tell all” blog. We are real people and we are at times messy, but this is part of growing together as a family and as individual people. At some point in their lives our girls will realize they are loved for their good and their bad, Just as I know Susan does me and I do her. Then they will know they are family. Also as a family I hope never to betray their trust or confidence so they can be free to be themselves. While in some instances this does skew the blog it is both how we would like to be remembered and it is how we DO remember our experiences as family members.

As a young child I was in a car my Grandfather was backing up. Going backwards he dropped one wheel in a ditch. There were seven of us in his Oldsmobile and we all went OOUGH! We were probably the reason Grandpa went in that ditch. There was no damage but the car did tip. Through life Grandma would, just occasionally, reference this almost none event. I became aware that each time Grandmother did this, Grandfather would deflate a little. That “mistake” probably caused by seven people in his car, hurt him every time it was spoken. So in my family, and in yours, Let us remember the Good Stuff.