Surprise Visit

On Thursday night I got an email from my sister Maxine saying she was flying into Nashville Friday morning, having brunch with her former sister-in-law, and then getting a rental car and driving up to my Mom's.  She planned to leave Mom's around 8 a.m. Tuesday morning and fly out of Nashville around noon.  She said, "I know it's short notice, but one flies when one can, and my time is now."

Like I said in my initial post about Maxine, we never know just when we might get a visit from her.  She was here in June, so I was a little surprised that there was so little time between her last visit and this time, but not much surprised. I haven't mentioned this before, because I try to respect my family's personal privacy, but I can say that she is divorcing her husband. It isn't quite final, and I think she just needed a "Kentucky fix" before school starts (she's a teacher). 

She and her first husband were married for about 30 years when he died from a brain tumor in 1996.  She remarried in 2000, but I don't really think she's been happy in that marriage at all.  I never really cared for him, and that is hard for me to say.  He just never really fit in with the family.  But if Maxine had been happy, that would have been alright.  Of course, I never said anything against him to her, but I always thought he was arrogant and not really good enough for her.  I won't talk about why they are divorcing, except to say that she has very good reasons for being the one to ask for the divorce!

Anyway, the kids and I went to my Mom's Monday, and spent the day.  We had a great time, and I have some stories to tell of our visit.  She is safely back home in Florida now.  I am going to try to catch up on some journaling, and do some more entries myself.  I hope everyone is having a good week.