Independence

This past week my husband went to hunt camp. Now I could have stayed home and in many respects that would have been a very easy choice. Instead I decided on a whim to go visit the kids, parents to oldest grandbaby and parents to youngest grandbaby. I called the kids for driving directions, carefully packed clothes and toiletries checking everything twice, tossed in the laptop and iPod® Touch, the cell phone, the chargers, a bag of goodies for the kids then I checked everything again. I made a final round through the house making sure everything was secured and set just right. Then I was on my way for the very long drive of which I would make without a stop unless absolutely necessary. A few hours later as I turned into the driveway of parents to oldest grandbaby I gave myself a quiet pat on the back. I did it! In that instant I realized I had regained a bit of independence lost and that was a real blessing for me. It might not seem like a lot to others but to me it was a huge step forward. What a blessing!

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