That which blooms
Monday, March 22, 2010 at 6:25AM 
With the girls off in Arizona, TOG and I got to spend the weekend alone... something that happens... um, never. Well, unless we take off and go somewhere. But to spend it at home... yeah, I'm going with never.
Admittedly, we thought that by the time we reached the, um... delicate ages that we've reached, respectively, that we'd have time alone together. We realize that may not come to pass due to our little K3.
And that's okay.
One of our conversations this weekend took us down memory lane, being young, having babies and assuming that all would be well and they'd carve out a path and go on to live their own life. When you realize that might not be the case, it's such a heartbreak, not for yourselves, but for the child... how different their life experience would be and worrying over whether they'd be happy and fulfilled...
TOG and I are down to just feeling fortunate... fortunate to have three daughters. Fortunate that they're all healthy. And for our little K3 (who admittedly is not so little anymore at 19) we're fortunate she's alive after last fall. We're fortunate that she feels happy in her family life... loved, that she has interests, that she has her puppies...
Her path may not be the one we envisioned, but we are enjoying watching her bloom just as her sisters before her did!
AG out!
PS~ Now if I could get the youngest two home... they appear to be waiting at the Phoenix airport without assigned seating on their flight. Thanks Priceline.
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Reader Comments (7)
Oh no! I hope they get seats.
Great post reminding us to all be thankful for the blessings we have!
Pretty picture! It's nice to see the flowers blooming. I'm glad you and TOG got to spend some alone time together, that's rare at our house too. It's very stressful when you don't have assigned seating, but it should all work out!
This is a sweet post. Things so often turn out far different than what we originally planned or hoped for, and I'm glad to see that the blip in your plans turned out to be a blessing.
Best wishes for getting the kiddos home without too much stress on everyone!
(Lovely photo, too.)
What a lovely loving post ..
you rock AG!
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Gah. And, isn't it so true that life happens while we're all busy making our plans? You are blessed, indeed. We all are....
You're the bomb. :) Just thought you needed to know that.