Family

So we were in Massachusetts this past weekend for my Gramps' 90th birthday. The plan was the whole family was to fly up and have a surprise party for him on his birthday April 5th. He through a kink in the plans the week before by breaking his hip thus having surgery and buying himself some time in a rehab/nursing home type of place. Fair enough, we were all going up anyways.

So Bill and I left early friday morning so we could fly into Hartford relatively early and enjoy the rest of the day. As we were driving to my grandparents house I realized that not much changes in their home town, the houses all still looked the same, and the buildings were still just as I remembered them as a little girl.

We decided to stop in and see Gramps in the "nursing home" before we went to see my grammy. As we entered his room, his eyes lit up and he flashed that trademark grin which just tickles me. The look on his face as we entered the room was just priceless and that for me made the whole trip. We spent about 45 minutes with him, as he was chatting with us I started to tear up a bit because I'm not quite sure what the future holds for him and I can't imagine him not here. What a unique man.

We then went to my Grammy's house, she was happy to see us. She looked beyond tired and quite unsure of what's to come next. We were there to help her we stated and she was glad for the help.

That's what's best about my family, not only are we extremely close but we get together to help family out. We had a good time while we were there, it was awesome that the core of my family was able to spend time together given everyone's crazy schedule. I'm sure we will be up there several more times this year to help my Grammy.

Time will tell what the future holds for everyone involved, but I'm praying everything will work out just fine.