Another Transplant

At the beginning of June, my mom moved from Missouri to Sun City. We are so happy to have her with us down here. All of her relatives have now moved away from Missouri, so there is no remaining family connection there. Here in the Austin area, she has  a son and daughter-in-law, two granddaughters, a grandson-in-law, a great granddaughter and a niece and nephew-in-law. In short there is a significant family support group here. If only we could get our son and his family and my sister here, the circle would be complete.

I think mom likes her new place. It has just the right amount of space for her and to accommodate a visitor (like my sister, who is here now for a few days). Her place is about a mile from us--easy access, but not too close that we are a bother.

She's still getting settled and adjusting to Texas. Any move like this (mom lived all her life in Missouri except during and just after WWII) is stressful and it has been a challenge for her. She also moved during the hottest June since 1854. The average high temperature was 99.5. But I have to tell you that with the low humidity from noon on, it doesn't seem worse to me than KC or Chicago in the summer. Plus, the air is clean.

We're very happy mom is here and we hope she feels the same.