Where did we start? Where did we go? Where did we end up?
My children have been in and then moving to different cities and states all over. My siblings live in Illinois and Ohio. I live in California. My husband's group live in Utah, Georgia, Missouri, Colorado, Vermont, and somewhere else.
Our
most eventful move took us to Ireland. We traveled with our children,
saw castles and more. And from Ireland our family headed out to distant
places.
My daughter lives in Bern, Switzerland, with husband and our grandsons. Since Covid, our trips to see them were cut off. April 2024? Maybe?
My
brother Don lives in Springfield, in Lincoln Land. This is a lovely
city to visit. Lincoln lived there and ultimately was buried there. So
much history surrounds this legendary place.
I
grew up 100 miles from Springfield. Our son now lives near
Champaign-Urbana. St. Louis is about 90 miles from our farm. Dad took
hogs to market down in east St. Louis. I flew into St. Louis innumerable
times over the 40 years when I visited my parents.
My
brother went from farm boy in Illinois, to being a police officer in
Texas, He was a cowboy at heart. But he lived around Galveston, along
the coast. Bill had an adventurous spirit.
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We have been to Phoenix many times. Irish Dance Festivals were our most recent ventures. Great city, do not go to visit in the truly Hot Season. It is always hot there. We were once walking across mall parking lot; a man drove by in a large golf cart to get the people to the mall stores alive. 121+ degrees is nothing to laugh at.
Small towns become
smaller. Our farm was on the north side of town. The house was torn down
(built in 1850+) and the pieces of the barn can be seen in between
trees. We lived on the Nebo-Pittsfield road, in Pike County, Illinois.
Where we began and have ended up amazes me. Once my siblings and I were wild cowboys, warriors, soldiers, wreaking general havoc. Now we have taken our own journeys, much milder and more introspective.
Lane in Ireland
