Today I traveled to historic Mathews County, VA--along with Mom, Dad, Meredith, and Gillian--to visit my Granny. Anyone who knows me well knows the situation with my grandmother. For those of you who don't, long story short--she lives alone in a very rural town, doesn't receive many visitors (if any), and is suffering from Parkinson's Disease. I don't see her enough because I am "busy."
Each time I visit her, I leave near tears. I realize that I have gradually become one of those women who was once close to her grandmothers but has since grown entirely too busy to fit them in on a regular basis. Honestly, I know I am making excuses; however, I don't know how I can fit in regular visits with either one of my grandmothers in between teaching full-time, teaching part-time, working on a third degree, parenting, wife-ing, soccer practices, baseball practices, and working on an internship. The list could really go on and on.
If anyone out there has any creative ideas on how I can improve this area of my life, I would love to hear them. In the meantime, I'll continue to worry about a grandmother who desperately needs to see family on a regular basis. Sigh.
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