Travel

We’ve been in London this last week and it may be for the last time. Strange to think of it that way. My son and his family have been living here for five years so we’ve visited often. Two summers ago I came and stayed for 6 weeks to help out when our third grandchild was born. London feels very much like a second home to us. But this summer the kids will be moving back to the US and we’ll have no more reason to make the trek. Of all the experiences you gain when you become a parent, sharing your children’s adult lives is not the one you think much about or even expect. When we married, we ventured a state or two away from home. Not so our children’s generation. And the upshot is that not only has their world expanded but so has ours. When we return to RI next week, we’ll be anticipating a visit with our daughter and her husband in Baton Rouge. They moved south last July and this will be our first trip there. I expect it’s quite different from New England or London. My husband and I both look forward to discovering another place we never could have anticipated would be a significant part of our lives.

By the way, last Monday London ‘enjoyed’ the biggest snowstorm they’ve had in 18 years…. 6 inches. The kids had two snow days and made a snowman on the patio. Yesterday (Thursday) the snow was gone and we’re back to the usual rain.