It was definitely a major change in our lives four years ago to sell a house, downsize our belongings, and move 700 miles away from South Bend, Indiana to Princeton, New Jersey. It was not easy to find medical and dental care we liked, let alone a hair salon and a golf course. And a place to worship. We missed South Bend friends and our church in South Bend. I missed the opportunities we had at Notre Dame for programs, art, and library resources. At least Jim was able to continue to take advantage of ND library resources with document delivery of electronic materials.
We moved here to be closer to family, our three children and their spouses and our eight grandchildren. A few weeks ago we were able to see our ten year old grand-daughter in the role of the wicked witch of the West in the Wizard of Oz and what an evil witch she was with her terrible cackle! Then last week we drove just one hour to Ocean Grove to enjoy a cookout with our daughter's family and then a second cookout just a ten minute drive away with our son's family to say good-bye to our grandson leaving for his second year of college.
And yesterday it was another jaunt to Ocean Grove where our daughter was on her own with her five children with her husband having to work this week. The nanny and her daughter were going to join them today.
Grandpa was instructed in various Kindle games and did his part in digging in the sand at the beach. I resurrected the "name the baby" game we used six years ago at our 50th anniversary week and three of the older grandchildren gave it another try with lots of good guesses and plenty of wrong ones. I was happy to have had time to have conversations with two of them when others were in the surf or on an ice cream trip. And then it was just an hour's ride home and we were able to sleep in our own beds.
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