The Bigger They Get

There’s a new blog called Improg which twice a week posts a word for bloggers to, well…blog about.

Monday’s word was “Connection”. So I’ve been thinking about the many and various connections we have to each other, to the world, to our neighbors, to our homes, to public water and sewer, etc, and trying to decide which is the connection that is uppermost in my mind lately.

Our house has been on the market for a year - 12 long months - which has been utterly frustrating and even a little insulting. We have plans that have had to be put on hold, we’re spending a fortune on storage units, we’re still paying outrageous utility bills for a house that is now far bigger than we need. But for Yes,Dear and I, this time has also been a sort of grace period in our lives as parents since, when we do move, it will be without our children. This extra time to enjoy each other before we all scatter has been an incredible blessing.

With both of the boys and Yes,Dear working odd schedules, Daughter busy with grad school prep and projects, and me spending my days trying desperately to look busy, our family time is typically limited. Nevertheless, many times over the last year during Realtor showings we’ve all had to vacate the premises together. The hours we’ve spent confined in the van talking and laughing and sucking down lattes while we wait for someone to NOT BUY OUR HOUSE DAMMIT, have been incredibly fun and have given Yes,Dear and me the opportunity to really enjoy and strengthen our connections to our newly minted adult children.

As difficult as it will be to have our nest emptied in one fell swoop - and it will be really, really difficult even though it will be all like, parties and drinking and crazy wild R rated times now that we don’t have to (wink) “set examples” (wink) anymore - this extra time we’ve had together has confirmed for us that our kids - whom we’ve always known were terrific - are going to be amazing adults too.

So, armed with the confidence that this knowledge brings, Yes,Dear and I will soon be skipping off into the sunset of our lives - he will bring the rum, I will bring the Coke and the Jimmy Buffett CD’s, the dogs will bring the limes and the fancy little drink umbrellas. And when you visit please bring the cocktail weenies, the sunscreen, a sleeping bag and your jammies. We’ll provide the public water and sewer connection. <—- see? I used the word!

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