Every year around this time when I was growing up we made the long trek from Kansas City, Missouri to Etowah, Tennessee. I can remember getting up at 1 am as my father would pack the cars and me and my two brothers would get in the back seat of the car and go to sleep. By the time we would be half way there.
I had no idea how important those long trips were. For many of those years I didn't realize that "grandma" meant "Mother's Mother." In fact, not until becoming a parent myself did I fully understand the need of parents and grandparents to just "see" their off spring.
I had no idea how important those long trips were. For many of those years I didn't realize that "grandma" meant "Mother's Mother." In fact, not until becoming a parent myself did I fully understand the need of parents and grandparents to just "see" their off spring.