Driving....

We are heading to BC for a family reunion (Peg's family) and a week of holidays in and around Vernon and Penticton. I have packed nothing but swimsuits and shorts and tanktops (0h and thousand other things the three of us will need for the next 9 days)...hope its as hot there as it is here. My packing reflects my expectations... when we are in BC I love to swim in the lakes, hang out on the beach and do stuff in the sun. Besides that...everything else is trivial.

Well not entirely trivial. We will visit Peggy's Mom, who is too old and frail to come the family reunion. A few years ago wild horses couldn't stop her from showing up, in one of her fantastic hats...smiling and laughing with her brothers and sisters (there were 13 of them, now alas about 4). "Mom" is one of those amazing women who raised her own kids (8 of them) and adopted their multiple husbands and wives and made us all a family. It is sad to see her twilight. When we remember the days of canning fruit, cooking huge meals, laughing out loud and sitting in the shade...lunch on the porch...it warms and breaks out hearts at the same time.

I have loved her from the day I met her. She loved me before that!