Sad, sad, and sad is all that I can
say about my grandparents going to Arizona for the winter. Snowbirds are what
most people would call them. In the mid October, my dad’s parents fly to
Arizona where they have a house in a retirement community. They don’t come back
to mid April so they miss all of the snow in Iowa. Sometimes I get jealous of
them for that but then I realize I would miss the winter.
It’s not fun having to say not a
good bye but a see you later to my grandparents in October. It is pretty much
six months that I don’t get to see them. They miss all of my basketball games
though out the winter which I don’t like. I love when I am warming up in a
basketball game and I see my grandparents walk in the gym going to be the
biggest fans their for me.
Since my grandparents leave so
early, our family has Christmas at the beginning of October. Whoevers house it
is at still puts up a Christmas tree so that it somewhat feels like Christmas.
It was very odd having Christmas when it was 60 degrees out.
I sometimes wonder if my
grandparents ever feel bad for leaving. I know that my grandparents are very
close with all six of their grandkids. Four of their grandkids live in Iowa and
two live in Washington the state. They try to visit the kids in Washington
because it is hard to have them come to Iowa with their busy schedules. I just
feel that my grandparents sometimes feel bad for leaving because they aren’t
able to attend our athletic events.
Whenever my grandparents leave for
Arizona we all start to worry. Recently when they have been in Arizona they
have not had such good luck. They have had to go to the hospital many times
from a broken leg, heart problem, and exc. It makes all of us in the family
nervous when they are in Arizona.
It is hard to see/hear that they
are in such pain and when we aren’t there to help it is even harder. If we were
there we would be able to help and comfort them with whatever goes wrong.
Also with my cousins in Washington
they never get to see grandma and grandpa. Actually they never get to see their
cousins either. We cousins hate not being able to see each other. Since we are
such a small family we are all very close. At most of the family gatherings it
is just us 4 grandkids because the other two are in Washington,
My cousins in Washington have
always wanted our family of five to travel to Washington to visit them. We
never are able to because we are busy every single week of the year. Someday I hope
that our family is reunited together for a family gathering so we can all catch
up on each other’s lives.
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