Family, Past Present and Future - Part 1
Within the space of three weeks I experienced my family past, present and future. My mother whose mind is sharp, is still frail enough at 95 that she doesn't live alone. My sister who has been living with her needed to go home to Vermont. I agreed to stay at Mom's for about a week. My mother still lives in the house my dad had remodeled when I was 11. They had left this home when I was about 3 and my brothers were 7 and 9. When my grandfather died and we no longer needed to stay at the farm, my father began working on their house. This home that originally only held him and his wife then needed to meet the the needs of a family of 7. My 2 brothers were now old enough to aid my father as he oversaw the work on his expanding bungalow. From the time I was 11 until I graduated I lived in the fullfillment of my father's dream. Years went by and it was my mother's mom that needed her attention. Mother did all that was needed to allow my grandmother to remain in her own hom...