A week in the woods with
kids and grandkids…
Good medicine can take many forms—it doesn’t always have to
be pills, injections, drips, X-Rays, etc. It’s easy to focus on diseases, side
effects, pain, and whatever can go wrong—so we decided to focus on the ‘good’
stuff for a while.
We organized a week-long get-together and invited all our
kids (5), spouses, and available grandkids to come and stay in a large
six-bedroom rental in the woods. It all came to be and we had our week in
Sunriver, Oregon. All five kids appeared on cue, spouses, some grandkids, and
even friends and relatives in the general area dropped by.
No cartoon for this
article—can’t improve on the real thing!
The age range was five-and-a-half (youngest grandson) to 75
(oldest geezer: me); some people came several hundred miles, others several
thousand miles. After each day of hiking, jogging, swimming, museums, and
eating too much, the clan gathered to talk and laugh into the night (actually
9:30 or 10:00 seemed to be our limit). At the risk of sounding too sentimental,
it was a good time to soak up good feelings. I’m sure we’ll do it again. Thank you
to everybody for the gift of being together.
axman
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