Connections

Last Saturday our son-in-law who's in the Army was on assignment in the Phoenix area and stopped by to see E, K, and of course little e.  His older brother has two children, so S has some experience with little ones.  I was happy he made the effort to spend time with his wife's sister and her family, and I was sorry to miss him.

K went to the Bay Area on Wednesday for 3 days of work.  He stayed at our house and each morning walked down to the ferry terminal to ride the ferry over to the City.  It turned out his sister was also in San Francisco on business, so last night their brother (who is finishing his doctorate at UCDavis) and Randy met them for dinner at the Ferry Building.  I know Randy enjoyed the evening with these young people.

These are just two recent examples of new family ties.

Connections...because of our daughters, Randy and I have met new people, not only their in-laws but also some of their family friends as we have been invited to dinners and parties, people we probably wouldn't have met otherwise but with whom we can converse and expand our views.