Visiting Miss Helen

We have been wanting to visit Helen M. For a long time, but since she is about 7 hours away, we just haven't made it. The kids have mentioned over and over that we just need to go - Helen is in her 90s and we would feel terrible if we waited so long and it got too late. In May, for my combination Mother's Day and birthday, they told me that they would pay for Todd and me to go visit her. I knew that she would appreciate it more if they could be with us. Summer came - everyone was busy. The kids were coming and going and some of them were gone more than they were home. We were gone for our vacation, finally got into our school schedule and then decided to head to Mississippi and combine a weekend of convention there with a visit with Helen. She normally is there for convention. Except this year she wasn't able... So we had wonderful days at convention and then stopped in at her assisted living apartment on our way back north. She was certainly surprised by our visit and we loved seeing her. She loves company!