Coming Home is one of life's best moments. I believe it will be one of the next life's best moments also. So this blog is dedicated to what I view as the best moments of life.
Don't get me wrong. I'm sheltering with the best of them. Well, there are those that are probably sheltering better, but I've been sheltering more than I'd like. After 6 weeks, I was lucky enough to get to drive my mom to her Oral Surgery appointment. And guess who her Oral Surgeon is? My brother. So guess what I got? A road trip to visit family. Woo hoo! We breezed through Atlanta traffic like it was early on a Sunday morning. Thank you quarantine, although we are in phase 1, so there were some people on the road. The world looks great. We pulled into Greer, South Carolina and were greeted by the sweetest faces. And look at the awesome welcome notes we received. If you want to feel special, hang out with the Millers
It was wonderful being in someone else's house for a change. We had an impressive Family Home evening lesson where Charlie amazed us with milk and soap and food coloring. Surprisingly it demonstrated very well the importance of the promises we make at baptism and dedicating our life to following Jesus Christ.
We ate delicious food, most of it created from the "Six Sisters copycat recipe book." We learned that Charlie's P.F. Chang's Mongolian beef, the chicken Meg made, and Disney snickerdoodles were yummy. The coconut shrimp that I tried to make was a lot of effort and not as tasty as those packages you can buy at the freezer section of the grocery store. And there was a lot of orange sauce left over. This is me sharing just in case you were thinking about cooking up some Six Sisters copycat food.
Mom had to go to the office for her procedure on Tuesday morning, but she had a great experience. She raved about the care she received from the staff and the Doctor was the best she ever had, great shot, no pain, a job well done. She was a proud Mom.
The fun escalated for me when Meg asked me to go plant shopping with her at the local nursery. It's only my favorite activity in the world. We had a lovely time exploring the hydrangeas and camellias etc. After dinner, the whole family joined in the planting extravaganza. Who knew how fun it is to plant when there are water carriers, peat retrievers, and enthusiastic diggers. Once again, life is fun with the Miller girls.
Mom taught her granddaughters "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy" from the State Show she put on when she was a teacher. And we all enjoyed cuddles from Briggs, the happiest, chillest baby on the planet. It was a great visit. Just what we needed.
