The past three days I managed a quick getaway. Nothing too fancy, just a drive up I44 to St. Louis to spend some quality time with my Mom. Visiting with Mom is really the ultimate break time, I don't have to make any decisions for anybody but me. We stay up too late watching murder mysteries, playing games on our iPads and comparing funny FaceBook posting. Really quite glorious. Our mornings start whenever we want, coffee on the patio for a couple hours while the dogs run themselves silly, breakfast at 10:00 followed by making plans for what to do next. See, its really a great getaway.
There was an added highlight this visit though, plans had been made to visit with Uncle Tommy and Uncle Louie for dinner and drinks. So we girls got our shopping done early that day and prettied ourselves up for this special "date night" with the boys. Never mind that these boys are almost 90 and 86 years young, I'm calling it a date. The guys arrived and picked us up and away we went to Merz on Main in Columbia IL , apparently know for the fish they serve. And yes the fish was good, as was the German style potato salad but early on I knew why this night was special.
Its about family. There is nothing better than reconnecting over food and drinks and sharing stories from long ago.
I loved hearing about their many trips together and reminding them of things that I remembered about them from then. Its most certainly the circle of life coming round. The stories remembered were of younger days, with spouses and kids growing up, ambitions and dreams at the beginning of this family. Now its time for reflection and memories of all those times shared, the ones who have passed are never forgotten in those many stories. These people will always hold a special place in my heart, they are the foundation of what all of our families grew to become.
And therein lies the lessons I am learning, the connections of family starts way back in time and reaches so far ahead. As I live these days, watching our own family grow and thrive I know there are many hands and hearts carrying this all forward. Love you all.
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