Happy Mother's Day

It is a rainy Sunday morning in the Ozarks for  Mother's Day 2021.
This is a special Mother's Day for Chris as it has been a while since she's been able to spend it with both of our kids and their spouses. In a few hours we'll all meet for a Mother's Day brunch and then our Chicago kids will head back to Chicago and our local kids will spend the afternoon at our place.

All the kids have had quite the exciting weekend with both of their homes listed and nice offers coming in. The Chicago condo on the market for just over a week and the local house listed for only a couple of days! Aaron and Jenny will be looking to relocate to Puerto Vallarta in the fall and Hannah and Daniel will be leaving the local area for the mountains around Colorado Springs. If they'll each buy homes with room for us we can sell our house and spend summers in the mountains and winters on a tropical beach!

My own mom has been spending the week in Florida with her oldest grandson's family. I think she'll be homeward bound sometime today. We'll have her here for a short visit early next month as she makes the rounds visiting all of us as we are getting fully vaccinated. It is nice to get back to a more normal world. Like so many others, I haven't seen my mom for a year.

I'm going to enjoy the quiet rain and a cup of coffee on the deck while everyone else sleeps a little longer. Tomorrow I'll plant the two peony plants that are Chris's Mother's Day gifts and will make beautiful additions to our landscaping. It was great that she asked for peonies since they are also among my favorite flowers. I got both red ones and white ones.

Happy Mother's Day!

John