He often asks me, though, "Do you miss me when I don't come to your house on the weekend?"
I tell him I don't miss him because he lives so close by and I can see him anytime I like, and how fortunate I feel to have him and his brother both living nearby so we can get together often.
I may never understand why he'd rather stay at the group home on the weekend than come out here, but I sure don't mind. The only time I do get a little jolt of "missing" him is when he's been here for a couple days, I've driven him back to town Sunday evening, and I wake up the following morning and remember he's not in the house. It's a fleeting moment of empty nest syndrome all over again.
The group home's main floor has one kitchen and dining room, two bathrooms, two living rooms, a bedroom suite for the house supervisor, and six bedrooms for the residents. Whenever you come or go, the residents are at the door to welcome you or see you off.
This is Sherry with a big smile and a whole bunch of sweetness:
I always feel that pop of loss when Daughter stays here overnight and then she's gone. And she's in her forties, LOL.
ReplyDeleteIn reading about your summer I miss our dragonflies it's been such a summer of cold here (boots, hoodies HATS) that many of the rhythms are disturbed.
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Here, we are short of mosquitoes this year. But I can't say as I miss them! Just hope the dragonflies are finding enough to eat.
DeleteSounds like a warm place for him to live.
ReplyDeleteYes, they're good to him there and he says, "I'm a grown-up man now, Mom; you can't make me live with you if I don't want to." I can consider myself "told."
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ReplyDeleteThe group home sounds a very friendly place and it's really lovely to get such a warm welcome.
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Yes, and they make it easy to be your goofiest self, which feels good.
DeleteMy youngest daughter is here every weekend with her two kids. Sometimes, I feel her absence, but most often, I enjoy them when they're here and take a deep breath in anticipation of our more silent apartment when they're off home. Then I work through my guilt.:)
ReplyDeleteIsn't that just the way it is. I too like having the house to myself, and have admitted to Emil that it's no problem NOT having the extra responsibilities that come with his presence -- twenty-some years of those was more than enough!
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