Didn't You Love the Smell of Spring

Trip Start Dec 04, 2005
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Trip End Jun 16, 2006


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Friday, June 16, 2006

M: Being in MA has been a lot of fun. Aside from the less than ideal weather, which seems to be a theme for this trip. We have both had the chance to see friends, hike with Mom, spend some quality time with our extended family, have family dinner with our alternative family, enjoy the gorgeous flowers that Mom and Dad grow and really spend some time with our parents. We've cooked together, run errands, gone to see some fun live music, it's been really wonderful. And I always find it fun to be in Ashby. It's so quiet and calm, beautiful with its New England charm. It is perhaps the ideal place to start the process of re-entry.

J: I completely concur. Ashby is removed from the hustle and bustle of city life and although at times I have thought of that as an inconvenience, I have been overly grateful for its geographically removed location since we have been back. Deer and other wildlife run through our parents' back yard and the wild roses are in bloom (making it Mom's favorite back yard time of year) and the grass is soft and inviting (if it weren't for all the rain they've had). On the few sunny days the walks around town were peaceful and nostalgic, and the rainy days gave time for hanging out and getting to spend relaxed time together. Although I cannot see Ashby as a place where I would really want to live again, I love that it is somewhere to visit and vacation to and that it continues to provide for me that feeling of "home" -- but that could just be the people (Mom and Dad, thank you for a wonderful Ashby visit and homecoming). We sadly depart from Ashby and gleckel on to Seattle -- home.
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egleckel
egleckel on Jul 25, 2006 at 03:40AM

happy together
to be your mom is an incredible gift... to have you 'home,' spend time together, laugh, talk, and be in the same space... to share moments, flowers, conversation, do stuff... to hang out together are my favorite things... hearing your stories, the 'favorites' ala dad's game, and always wishing for more (i'll wait for the full length journal version or just more time together to hear)... your visit had to be a little bittersweet - finishing a chapter of your amazing journey, creating some special new england memories, teary departures (okay, a given), your leaving here to transition back to your real world... i already miss you soooo... i so love you both to wayyy too many bits and teenies*8!
lafie!8* mom

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