Strange but Good

 It is odd having two sons home. Fortunately there have not been any wrestling matches like the last time M came home to visit. Our youngest was in between jobs for a couple of weeks so the two brothers spent quite a bit of time together. There were many days of trips to the comic book store for games. There were quite a few game nights before they both started new jobs. 

M is working construction for a friend. He enjoys working with his hands and it is a friend of ours who knows his story and still stands by him. 

His risk assessment came back before Easter. He is at the lowest possibility to ever reoffend. The doctor also says he is the most honest person he is ever met. M suffers from a bit of depression which is to be expected and PTSD as well. He has anxiety attacks when there are police nearby. Again no surprise. 

Fortunately with the results we were finally able to see our grandson at the house for Easter. It was wonderful to see the whole family together again. C was excited to see his uncle but more excited to be at Mimi and Pop Pops house again. 

Points of joy

About 10 years ago the diamond fell out of my wedding ring while we were camping. I discovered it on the way home and was legit inconsolable, we went back to search for it. I don't have a big stone, I never wanted one, so that made it harder to find. By some miracle we found it in the sheets of our bed. When we got home Hubby had to cut the ring off of my finger which of course did not go over well. I started wearing my 5th anniversary ring as a replacement until we could afford to get it fixed. Never realizing we would go through some difficult years making it impossible.

Fast forward to yesterday when I open a music box engraved with a quote that we have signed every card and letter with, playing You are my Sunshine, which is the song we sung with the boys from the time they were babies. Que the beginning of ugly cry. The next box did me in completely. I could not get my anniversary ring off fast enough.

This year was our 30th wedding anniversary. I can't imagine spending my life we anyone else.

M called yesterday evening as well. He sounded good. They got ham and hot chocolate for dinner. They have been building plexiglass barriers (Covid) in wood shop and he said they finally finished those so now he can get back to building other things. The parole hearing in DC is January 13th, so hopefully that will go well.