Catch Up: A Visit to Wisconsin

Mom decorating the Christmas tree.

Since I wasn't going to be able to go home for Christmas, I decided that I would visit in early December. I flew out to Milwaukee on a Wednesday night (I think...) and mom picked me up from the airport. We spent a bit of time in Delavan and set up her Christmas tree. It killed me to not tell her that I had purchased tickets to come to Wisconsin for Christmas (it was decided Thanksgiving weekend) - the whole time I had to say "well if I can't be here to celebrate christmas with you and mariam and grace, I'll just have to help decorate the tree...". She didn't suspect a thing.

We had a nice time decorating the tree, it's always fun to go through the ornaments and remembering the years of seeing them adorn the tree. Here's my first ornament :)


Before we left delavan, mom wanted to stop at school for a quick moment, and so I got to see her classroom for the first time. I thought it would be nice to get a photo of mom at her desk.


While in Madison we visited with my great uncle Marty, I always look forward to my visits with him. He's the grandfather I never had. Uncle Marty's health has been up and down in the last year (to be expected when you are 99 years old!), and so I am grateful for any time that I have with him. I think he was happy to see us as well.


We also had a very nice visit with my aunt Miriam. She's a must visit when I'm in town...and lucky for me this busy lady always makes time to see me!


It was a short visit - only a long weekend, but a cherished weekend for sure. It's nice to have a bit of one on one mom time, and I do love my visits to Wisconsin. It gives a good respite from the city life here in Manhattan. Mom enjoyed it too - although she had no idea what was to come!...look for that in the next post.