Ellis at 4 a.m.

The hardest part of leaving this time was our newest family members.

Paul and Lucy are ready for a road trip.

It’s starting! Lucy and Paul are entering the incredible world of books!

Val Reddix published a book! Jerry and Val are long-time mentors and friends. Fifteen years ago, Dr. Jerry counseled us to spend one year with our teenage children in Canada to help them transition. “If you could spend one year together there, they could go to school, experience the weirdness of living in a foreign culture, and laugh and cry together each evening.” So that is what we did, and that is what happened. We have remained friends over the years, and now Val sent her book to our grandchildren! Wow!

It is easier to say goodbye to grandparents than it is to grandchildren.