Keys- I'm also thinking about you.
I thought you guys might like to hear some good news.
Most of you know that I live in an intentional family. My best friend and I have lived together for 8 years now. When I started dating my sweetie, he moved in with us with the understanding that we were each other's family. We've always planned on living together. It just works out. We enjoy each other's company and depend on each other in times of need. She's like the sister that I never had. Heather's mom is 70 and in ill health. Heather couldn't stand that fact that if her mom lives another 10 years that she'd only get to visit her a week, twice a year, which would only be 140 days total. Her mom absolutely would not move from Ohio to South Carolina. Heather decided to move back to Ohio and take care of her mom (the rest of her family doesn't really help her mom) and then move back here. Then, after many talks, Jeff and I decided to move to Ohio and help Heather with her mom. Heather has spent month after month sending out resumes. In two weeks, she will have her second degree. So, if the economy wasn't in the crapper, she should at least find a job. Her sister, a school teacher of 27 years in Ohio, just got laid off. Heather finally wrote her mom a long emotional email telling her that she was not leaving her decent paying, stable job to move where she couldn't get a job. Her mom has always said that she wouldn't leave Ohio but miraculously she is going to spend the winters here. Before she was adamant that it was not even an option. Ohh, ya'll do not know what a relief this is. We were all going to up and move to Ohio, find jobs etc and now we can start looking for a house to buy and stay here, which is where we were going to end up after Ohio anyway. It's like a ton has been taken off my shoulders.
((we do have to let her mom smoke in the house. that was part of the deal))