How do I start again? Family: My daughter and her husband adopted his grandson after years of dealing with his mother who has chosen a lifestyle that has caused her to lose not only this boy, but his younger sister and brother. He has just turned 11 and is a wonderful young man! 

Their daughter was married at little over a year ago and now lives 3,000 miles away in Pennsylvania. Her husband is an air traffic controller and is looking for work closer to the west coast where both families live. I hope that happens. She is dear to me and I would be so blessed to have her close again!

Our boys...the 20 year old is in the Army and stationed in Colorado. He is married (a surprise when it happened) and they seem to be a good match.

The younger boy just graduated from high school and is headed to Oklahoma for college. He is an amazing singer and wants to pursue a career in musical theater.

These grandchildren are a total blessing to our lives and we do and will miss them terribly.

My husband and I are both dealing with back problems and other infirmities of old age, he is almost 89 and I am 82. We still live in our own home next door to our daughter. She and her husband have been a huge blessing to us through some of the trials of the last few years. Don't know what we would have done without them!!

Our son and his wife live about 100 miles away from us, so we do get to see them quite frequently, but not often enough for me!! They are looking to move when the youngest gets settled in college and I am afraid they will be a long distance from us, too. It depends on where the jobs are.

This is enough "catching up"  for now. We will chat again soon (I hope!)