Missing the grandkids is a downside to being away.
Elias 11, Christabel 9, and now little Zaya MeiJin live in Santa Barbara, 3 hours away. I try to see them at least once a month sometimes we see them once a week. I have a close relationship with both Elias and Christabel as I’ve been involved with their lives since birth.
This past weekend Nate and family were in the area with Bekki’s family but we’d arraigned for each Christabel and Elias to visit. I didn’t think that they would really want to come because they have fun with all of Bekki’s sisters so I was surprised when Christabel wanted to come on Sunday.
Christabel is quite a character. She is the one who didn’t want for me to go to Nola to work even though her family would be going to Canada for 6 weeks or so. When we all returned from being gone and finally were together Christabel told me that she had barely survived being apart. Funny, when we talked via Skype she looked like she was laughing and having a great time.
This is the girl who would spend the day with me. I thought that I’d maybe take her out to dinner, just the two of us as Dale had to work that night. I was also thinking about other things we could just do the two of us.
Christabel first sat and talked, telling me everything that was going on in her life. She reminded me of her dad, Nate, when he was young and would follow me around talking.
Christabel then looked at the stack of video tapes bought by her Great Grandma Jean who finds and buys video tapes at the library for $1/each. Christabel chose 9 movies to watch. Dale and I laughed as she had more hours of movies than there were in the day. She did watch movies and then the TV shows that she misses out on at home since they don’t have a TV.
I set up the little lap tray and Christabel only got up to go to the bathroom otherwise she did not leave the living room. Finally, just after midnight I told her that after the show she was watching was over we would turn off the TV. I was tired having run a catering service.
Elias 11, Christabel 9, and now little Zaya MeiJin live in Santa Barbara, 3 hours away. I try to see them at least once a month sometimes we see them once a week. I have a close relationship with both Elias and Christabel as I’ve been involved with their lives since birth.
This past weekend Nate and family were in the area with Bekki’s family but we’d arraigned for each Christabel and Elias to visit. I didn’t think that they would really want to come because they have fun with all of Bekki’s sisters so I was surprised when Christabel wanted to come on Sunday.
Christabel is quite a character. She is the one who didn’t want for me to go to Nola to work even though her family would be going to Canada for 6 weeks or so. When we all returned from being gone and finally were together Christabel told me that she had barely survived being apart. Funny, when we talked via Skype she looked like she was laughing and having a great time.
This is the girl who would spend the day with me. I thought that I’d maybe take her out to dinner, just the two of us as Dale had to work that night. I was also thinking about other things we could just do the two of us.
Christabel first sat and talked, telling me everything that was going on in her life. She reminded me of her dad, Nate, when he was young and would follow me around talking.
Christabel then looked at the stack of video tapes bought by her Great Grandma Jean who finds and buys video tapes at the library for $1/each. Christabel chose 9 movies to watch. Dale and I laughed as she had more hours of movies than there were in the day. She did watch movies and then the TV shows that she misses out on at home since they don’t have a TV.
I set up the little lap tray and Christabel only got up to go to the bathroom otherwise she did not leave the living room. Finally, just after midnight I told her that after the show she was watching was over we would turn off the TV. I was tired having run a catering service.
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