Friday Family Facetime

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We haven't done family facetime in a while. We used to do it often during the lockdown days of the pandemic. Last evening, after I had finished cleaning up the kitchen from supper, my phone went off for facetime from our son. He and his wife and the twins are away for a few days in Niagara Falls for the girl's birthday. They are staying at Great Wolf Lodge, and we thought that they really earned this time away as a family and did not expect to hear from them. Our son facetimed us from one of the pools. It was a shallow pool, there was a big slide at one end and he showed us Harper coming down the slide. We showed us Willow wading around an arm's length away from Daddy. She is such a Daddy's girl. That was only their second time to the pool. They were kept busy during the day with activities, magic shows and fun things for all of them to enjoy. As much as I loved seeing him and the rest of them, and hearing his voice, it did kind of pull at my heart strings. I remember when my parents were my age, and how I had a bit more time as our son was growing up. I spent more time talking to them over the phone and visiting. Moreso as the years passed and our son went to high school and university. I remember the pain that I felt when my Dad's health went south, and he was more bedridden than not, and physically could not spend time with me. And then he was gone, and of course except for my dreams I do not spend any time with him at all. Life and times are just unique in the fact that we love our families, and we want and do spent time together, and we are very thankful that we are in their lives more than we ever dreamed we would be.