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The problem with a long absence is trying to figure where to pick back up and what needs caught up. It's far too overwhelming to go into detail the events of the past few months, so I will fill in the most important gaps.  First off, Victor's dad passed away at the beginning of February. It was sudden and unexpected, but peaceful, for which we were grateful.  Obviously, adjusting was an interesting process. As was how to go about explaining the concept to Kit. I will write a separate post on that.  While it was sad, there is also a relief that comes when you know a person is not going to continue to deteriorate in health, body and especially in Grandpa's case, mind.  Kit struggled for a long while with the change that comes when a person who was in her life every day is suddenly not there any more. She was not especially close to Grandpa, they sort of lived around each other in the same house rather than together. He was a constant presence nonetheless, and some of...

I know I'm supposed to be publishing a Fix-it Friday today, and I will be. I'm working on it. I'm trying. I promise. I'm trying to reassure myself, not you so much. I'm trying to tell myself to be patient. That it's ok that I don't get everything done that I want to because I'm busy. That there are a million different things pulling me in every direction. That everybody has something they need, and they all need it RIGHT NOW!!! Zak can't focus on his schoolwork because he is too busy thinking about cleaning out Victor's truck which if he doesn't get done TODAY means that he will not get as much when his dad goes to pay him for his monthly bundle of chores but of course he can't clean out the truck until he finishes his schoolwork which is editing a story about spiders which means he of course has to tell me the story about thinking he saw a black widow in the slide at the park so of course he didn't go down the slide which re...