We never know how much time we have left with our parents. I try to spend time with mine as much as possible. It had been quite a while since I went to visit them, so I decided to spend the weekend at their house.
My husband and I headed out on Friday afternoon on our way to Hampton, GA. My youngest son decided he wanted to go; we were off, headed for the inevitable Atlanta traffic.
We showed up around 7 PM, greeted with lots of hugs and kisses. It always made me feel good to see my parents so happy. As we all piled into my car, we were off once again to have dinner out, because it was my husband's birthday.
After dinner at a local pizza restaurant, we headed back home again. We got back to their house, changed into our comfortable night clothes, and decided to sit down to watch a family movie.
The next day came, and my sister stopped by to visit all of us. It was really good to see her again. It had been a while since I’d seen her, too. She had lost some weight and was so excited to talk about it. She decided that we should all go out for lunch. I needed to get ready, so they all fussed at me to get dressed. They teased me, because it usually takes me an hour to get ready. Today, it only took me twenty minutes; this was a new record for me.
Our lunch took a while, because we had to wait for our table. We finally ordered and got our food rather quickly, all except for my dad. He wasn’t feeling well, so he only order something to drink.
After lunch, we headed out to do some grocery shopping for our dinner foods, and then we headed back to the house. When we finally arrived back at the house, we all sat around and chit-chatted for a while. It was good to just sit around and chat with my parents. Although we didn’t talk about anything important, we were there together. Time like that is very special, and no one knows just how long we ever have on this earth.
On Sunday morning, we got up and headed home before lunchtime. We were on our way home, when I thought about my weekend trip. It sure was good to see my family. I love them so much.
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