Here’s the thing, it all just goes too fast. I was at Lucas’s birth. I babysat him when he was little when Rachel went back to school to get her Master’s Degree. And in the blink of an eye he is 14. In a couple of weeks he starts high school in a special school that has an accelerated program for college credit. How can he be growing up this fast?

Today we got to spend the afternoon together and we had the best time! I took him out to lunch, that’s us in the restaurant above. Then I took him to a shop he likes where they have games and the “Magic Cards” he loves. Then we went to the movies to see “The Incredibles 2.” We saw the first Incredibles movie when he was pretty little, and watched it again recently with Rachel, it was fun to see this new movie with him.

Lucas is the eldest of my 4 grandsons and the only one that lives here in town. I have been able to be part of his life as he has been growing up and it means the world to me. It is so hard to have your children and grandchildren living away. I treasure being able to see Lucas and spend time with him.

My eldest daughter, Jenny, lives in Chicago with my 3 and 6 year old grandsons, Silas and Pierce. They will be here for a visit next month and then we won’t see them again until the holidays. My youngest, Aaron, lives with his family, and my baby grandson, 2 year old Atlas, in Atlanta. They will be here for a visit in September and then sometime over the holidays. With the out-of-towners I love being able to FaceTime with them on my iPhone, the whole reason I finally got an iPhone a year ago which I wrote about here recently. but it is still really hard for me to have them all so far away. I thank God all the time that Rachel is here with her family and that I can spend time with Lucas.

It was a lovely day and you know what? This grandma is pooped. I am just going to share this short blog post and watch a couple of videos here on the computer and then curl up with the pugs early tonight in our big recliner and kick back and binge watch Queer Eye which I am madly in love with. Right now I am just a happy blissy grandma and I am going to kick back!

I hope you have all had a beautiful day. More from me tomorrow…

The Experiment ~A 365 Day Search For Truth, Beauty &
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“Do or do not. There is no try.”
Yoda

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