When John and I arrived, the rest of the family was already here. The cabin is as beautiful as I remember it being three years ago. We got here at midnight and the area was pitch black but alive with excitement, the party had just begun. We couldn't stop hugging the kids. Although it had only been a week since we'd seen them, it felt like a month. After finally settling down into our designated sleep areas, Jordan and I continued to whisper and giggle for at least another hour. Gosh I missed her so much!
The next day everyone started to catch us up on everything that had been happening at the lake during the week in which we missed. From fishing, paddle-boating, canoeing, swimming, sun-bathing, to checking out the island in the middle of the lake, it was adventurous. Later on that day extended family started to arrive for a "celebration of life" for my mother-in-law, Pauline. We had a nice get together and as we each felt comfortable enough, we took and spread some of her ashes. The next morning we planted a little spruce pine tree in her honor and gathered some rocks to form a rock wall around it. We then painted our special rocks to forever capture the spirit of Nana around her tree.
Unfortunately, my experience has been quite different than everyone else's here due to the fact that I've slept most of the time. When my bones start aching, the only real way for me to get some relief is to take a nap, which results in me missing out on a lot. However, I still managed to have a terrific time. Just being with family seems to make everything all better.
As the saying goes, time flies when you're having fun...it truly does. I'm now home and wishing I were still at the lake, taking in the beauty at least one more time. The dust has settled and we're adapting to the time change, still feeling kinda lazy from the trip. We celebrated Johnny's 18th birthday last night with a nice steak dinner at Cattlemen's. My baby has turned into a young adult, wow, now I feel old.
Peace to you all ~ Love, Genie
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Seems like we were just sitting on the side of that hill breastfeeding our new babies. Just seems so unbelievable that they are 18.....and headed to college. Where did all of that time go? So exciting, yet so humbling.
ReplyDeleteI love you all.
Luanne