Trip down memory lane

Michael stopped off in Hot Springs briefly on his drive to PA. Although all the children have seen pictures of this house, only one should have any memory of it. The trees have really grown. I'm not sure I would have recognized it.

When we bought this house, we became house poor but we really enjoyed living in such a nice place. The neighborhood was wonderful and so were the neighbors.

It's interesting comparing this move to the one to Hot Springs in 1979. We were so anxious to move and so excited. Michael had finally finished school and had landed a really good job as an engineer. And I don't think he's had a job since which he enjoyed more. We were living in Baton Rouge in a small two bedroom apartment with two small children. The Pine Meadows Loop house had three big bedrooms, two baths and a two and a half car garage. So the accumulation of stuff began! On this move to PA, I was dragged kicking and screaming away from the house, ward and town of my dreams. And we are having to downsize like crazy.

But in this move as in all other moves, we are content here and are finding the many advantages to the new area we've moved to. After dinner last night, Michael looked out one of the windows and sighed and said how happy he was to be here in our beautiful house with our beautiful yard in such a nice place. The weather here continues to be perfection although Michael says next week won't be so nice. We are finding warm and friendly folk here as we have found everywhere we have ever lived. Here was surprising as all my relatives were rather brusque. We are not finding that at all here. And we are settling into a new church home with righteous people who are trying to do what's right. So no matter what the attitude toward the move, the result seems to be the same. Happiness is where you find it.