Farewell Grammy!

The girls enjoyed three weeks of Grammy time.  Unfortunately, all family visits must come to an end - an end that involves a lot of tears.  My girls have a hard time being 3,000 miles away from family and don't think it is fair that their friends see their grandparents regularly when they don't their grandparents more than twice a year.  Savannah, out of frustration, abruptly asked, "Why can't we live in Washington."   There are so many layers involved when answering that question. . . which one to choose?  I ended up telling her that I think we live in a wonderful part of the country with lots of opportunity and some of the best educational and medical facilities in the nation.  I listed all the the things we couldn't do if we lived in Washington but it didn't stop her from wanting to ride her bike to grocery store with her Papa in the microscopic town in which I was raised.  The little girls think that Grammy and Papa should move into our guest suite and have very little patience when listening to why Grammy had to fly back home. 

I hate having to mend their little, broken hearts back together after the big departure.