A Reproachful Abby

It has been a busy summer, the busiest I can remember in years. All six of our kids and their families came home to visit, I attended two teaching/education conferences, we made several trips to Indianapolis for the Indianapolis Temple open house, Craig's mom was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and working to clean out my mother's home and disperse her possessions has meant there has been little barn time.

I have been making flying visits to see Abby (usually while on my way to someplace else), hastily shoving a few candy canes or carrots at her, doing a quick visual check for bumps, cuts, or scrapes, and then hopping back in my car and zooming off.

Abby seemed rather reproachful tonight when I went out to see her.

"Where have you been recently??"

"You think a few candy canes are going to make up for ignoring me??"

"Well.... maybe they will. I forgive you. I sure hope the start of the new school year gets you back into a more normal visiting schedule!"

So do I, Abby!! School starts Monday; surely that will help life to settle down for me.