Day 991 of 1000

Grandpa Milo, Aunt Julia, and Gladys visit for the kids graduation in North CarolinaI am going to write a few posts over the next few days about the graduations that occurred on May 9th (Christian) and May 10th (Kelly).  We thoroughly enjoyed all of it.  I thought I would start off with our visitors.  Aunt Julia was very kind to fly out with Grandpa Milo.  It would not have been possible otherwise.  We were very much humbled and impressed with the care Aunt Julia showed toward Grandpa Milo with the current state of his memory.  She gave us a very good lesson in how to think about all this and particularly, how to treat a person with this condition and enjoy them in their current frame of mind.  For his part, Grandpa Milo was an enormous addition to the celebration.  We can only imagine how much impoverished the event would have been without his presence.

Grandma Sarah, the great higher education advocate in our family could not attend, but was here in spirit.  Even though our dear friend Gladys would have been a fabulous addition to the party if Grandma Sarah would have been able to make it, she was absolutely essential in Grandma Sarah’s absence.  She is so kind and accomplished in her treatment of people, especially in these kinds of celebrations, we could not have done it this nicely without her.  Beside listening to everyone, helping out in every way she can, and always saying the uplifting thing, she (as always) did one other thing that brought great joy to the festivities: She truly enjoyed herself and had a smile on her face the whole time.

I will talk a little bit more about the events of the weekend in subsequent posts, but for this post, we just want to thank Grandpa Milo, Aunt Julia, and Gladys who made such a great effort to be with us to celebrate the kids graduation.

Betty Blonde #112 – 12/19/2008
Betty Blonde #112
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