Today, I left my home in Texas to fly to Pennsylvania to drive my mother-in-law and her husband to Texas to visit our family for a week. My mother-in-law, Jane, is 83 years old. After being widowed for almost 20 years, she remarried 5 years ago. Her new husband had also been widowed for almost 20 years. His name is Francis and he will be 83 next month.
When they married they both enjoyed good health and traveled between his home in northern Virginia, her home in PA and Florida. Three years ago, Francis had a serious medical problem and since, their travel has been more limited. He no longer wants to fly, so I agreed to fly up to PA and drive them to Texas and back and then I will fly home. The trip is 1,350 miles each way. Normally, my family and I make this trip in two days. With my in-laws, we decided to take three days.
Our plan was to leave PA tomorrow morning and arrive in Texas Sunday afternoon/evening. Well, so much for planning. I am posting this blog from an hotel at Dulles Airport. My connecting flight into Johnstown, PA this evening was cancelled. I am scheduled on the first flight tomorrow morning which won't have me there until 9:30 a.m.
We still plan to leave tomorrow, but it will probably be closer to 11 a.m. before we leave Jane's house.
Our kids are looking forward to seeing them and I am hopeful the trip won't be too tiring for them and it will be enjoyable.
I'll post to this blog each evening and let you know how the trip is going and how Ed's Elder Escort service is working. Wish me luck!
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you are a DOLL. all you need to do is stop often and don't play rap music. ;)
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