Yesterday my sister-in-law became a great grandmother, and she's my age, not yet 60. Her jobless and unmarried daughter, living with them, has a jobless 18 year old and unmarried daughter, also living with them. The unmarried 18 year old gave birth to a boy, who is now also living with them. There are now 4 generations, 5 people, living in that house with just a single retired but part time job holder footing all the bills. Don't we live in wonderful times? Thank God the Boss did a much better job raising our boys to become independent, self sufficient, and responsible men.
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Today the Boss and I went to a funeral service of a fine man, an ex-LEO. The Boss is almost one of the family. Two of his great grand children and our own grand son are spending the night. The 2 happen to also be girls we've unofficially adopted as our own grand children. Being with us helps the adults deal with their loss without affecting the kids so much. The man died a slow and lingering death. Hopefully he's now in a better place.
We've been to too many funerals the last few years. I guess it comes with the territory of pushing 60.
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