Empty Nesters AGAIN!

We thank God for our children. Lydia is on a mission of peace for the US army in the country of East Timor, Asia. Samuel was on the mission field in Guatemala, and then finishing his AIM service in Lubbock, TX. Lucas is a Senior at White House High School, living with my sister in TN.

We had an empty nest for about our four months in 2020 - don't care for it! But then Samuel came and spent five months in João Pessoa, helping with the mission work, and Lucas, even with all the craziness of schooling and traveling in a pandemic, got to come spend Christmas and New Year's with us.

As the Brazilians say, we got to "matar a saudade" (kill the longing) for a little while. We also had an extra treat: Samuel's girlfriend, Sydney, came and spent two weeks with us. We think the world of her.

2021 came and took the boys away: Lucas back to TN and Samuel to Michigan to be closer to Sydney. We are empty nesters again.Tough, especially for moms.

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