January 29, 2008

The holidays were good. We went away for Christmas. My best friend, Marcie and her family and our family went to Massanutten Resort in VA. We rented a cabin and had a great time. We baked cookies, went tubing, went to an indoor water park, but mostly, we just relaxed. That was the best part. At one point the seven of us were in the living room together. The three girls were playing with their DS's. Keith was playing a video game, Brian was surfing the net, Marcie was checking out a magazine and I was doing a Sudoku puzzle. It amazed my husband that all of us could be in the same room doing different things and not need to be entertained by one another. Don't get me wrong, we spent a lot of time doing things together, but it was a comfortable silence. One that I experience at my Grandparents house in Farmington and one that was kind of a way of life with my Grandparents in Parkersburg. She couldn't hear very well, but just sitting in the room with her or beside her holding her hand was all she needed. Many times I saw tears in her eyes. When I would ask her if she was ok. She said she was just perfect. Now that I'm older, I know exactly what she meant. I miss you Mammaw Minnie.