I sat in my car with my laptop today, time to think and no distractions. My daughter needed a ride to the ?big city? for an interview. Two hours to kill and it flew by fast. I managed to pound out a ?blog? at GrannyMa?s ~ one that probably would have posted here as fitting. Titled ?Walking on Water? ? Reflecting on the many twisted turning journeys we?ve encountered.
My daughter is working on getting herself into college, which was the reason for the drive. I think about when they were young and our life. How much I wanted them to have a better life than we had, with less struggles. Hmm, thanks to the economy, many feel my discomfort with the future for our children and grandchildren?.
The price of gas on everyone?s mind.
We come from a time when our parents were able to ?home stead? and ?save? leaving us a much easier start in life. We?ve come to a time where parents have to sell all they have and move in with their children ? just to pay the bills as their health fails. Hoping there?s change for a funeral when it?s time to say Good bye. 
Growing up, we didn?t live very close to ?family?. {We moved a lot} Always near one family member or another, but not so close as visits were frequent. Raising my children. I have one brother ?nearby? and the rest of the family ?far and away?. Life was too complicated for us to plan regular visits with anyone, so we pretty much kept to our own. In reflecting and revealing, my own children?. one has kept himself ?far and away? and the rest are close around each other?. I wonder if this was a successful improvement?
My children, didn?t get to know my family very well or their dad?s. Many of the ?ole traditional family events are something our ?family? doesn?t really have. Things like family reunions, long distance travels to ?visit??.. We were a ?camping and nature? family. Vacations meant going to the mountains for some fresh air and seclusion. In honesty, there was too much ?drama? and ?soap opera? effects with many in the families, it wasn?t worth the trouble to ?visit?.
In recent years {with all the children grown as adults?} I?ve tried to reconnect with nieces and nephews of the past.. Sadly they grew up with the ?soap opera?s? and whether it be intentional or their own living habits, they merely picked matters up where their parents left off? We no longer communicate much less ?visit.?
When it comes to ?happy family memories? the kids and I share many. Papa?s been in on the past few years?.. Our family excursions have all been with each other and rarely with any extended family. Yet, all were full of laughter, photos and still retold with delight.
Perhaps we are the ?Grandparents? to change the ?history? of our family?.. Our children do come to visit us, our grandchildren love to spend time with us. Not all, but most?. They all seem to ?put up with? each other whether it for us or out of love. I don?t ask. Just enjoy their company all the same.
We?ve endured the elements and come out together?. rather than miles apart.
It used to be ? me and my four. Then came Papa and his son?. Now there?s six grandchildren, from three?? some with mates, some with ex?s? {it?s a new world}
I don?t know what exactly we?ll be leaving behind when it?s our time?. There is no great plantation or mega bank account?.. But there seems to be a different kind of family, from the one I grew up in?..
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