Cindy has inspired me to write this today. She was saying on her blog how strange it was to only have four children at home. (They have 12). I started to tell her to just wait until her and Den are alone, then I started to remember---- Russ and I had a baby during our first year of marriage! We were never alone!!! Then he started going to Viet Nam and we were both alone!! We got the first 2 in school and thought , ah time alone and here came Kris!!! We got Kris graduated and we were ask to take a Japanese exchange student that was being mistreated in a home! From there -2 more students! We got Indira for 2 years! What a blessing. Along about that time came Chrystian! We had him every day while Kris worked. He was a joy! Then came the day when Kris and Bill moved the family to NJ. We thought what would we do all alone! It wasn't too bad! I did my thing and Russ worked! Russ retires! Oh my! I had someone back in the house all day! I really did not enjoy it!!! After we both found our way it turned into such a joy! We both have done things neither one of us thought we'd ever do. Who in a million years ever thought I would fire a gun! For 49 years I would not allow them in the house!! This retired honeymoon has brought us together closer than I ever thought possible. Cindy, you can't imagine how great it will be when they all have moved on!!!