Moments Are Worth So Much More

I have always wanted to be one of those grammas that lives alongside her family – really lives life with them…

I thoroughly enjoyed growing and experiencing life with my husband and our children, including spending time as a family with my parents, and I did not want to lose that enjoyment simply because our children had grown and flown from our nest. 

So, at that time of life that’s “mine”, and I could “own it”, I went back to school, excelled in my courses, and worked in health care — I loved it! But then, the inevitable happened… a first grandchild came, and my heart was stolen right from me!

Suddenly, without that crucial organ, my job was simply holding me captive. Within four months of meeting that grandbaby, my husband, our youngest daughter, and I, all quit our jobs, sold most of our furnishings (including a beloved 100+ year old upright grand original Heintzman piano), and drove over 3000 kilometers, to live near family. (My father had also been deathly ill, which was very disconcerting.)