Another life event. Good, but bittersweet

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Michael wrote:
It's great that it sold! Our daughter had a real connection with my in-laws, as well.

My in-laws moved to Thomson, GA (a bit over 100 miles east of Atlanta) from Wisconsin back in 1986 just after our kid--their first grandchild--was born. He was a shop teacher in WI and got cancer, retired and planned to die. But he lived! So, they moved to Thomson to start his teaching career again. We were there pretty regularly, driving 150 miles and through Atlanta to their place. Our daughter demanded to "Go see grandma and grandpa!" pretty regularly. They lived there for 10 years for him to get vested in Teacher's Retirement then he retired again and they moved back to WI. Where she lived for another 25 years and he another 30 years. And our trips to see them became 800 miles each way!

Thomson was a pretty sad area when they were there. They did (do?) have a lot of camelias in the town and they're pretty. There's a county museum there that's fine. But, that's about all, it seems to me. We haven't been back since they moved.

Thomson is about 20 miles from Washington, GA, where my mom lived. I know it well. If you live in Washington, Thomson is the closest town that has real stores to shop in. Lol.
My mom and my daughter, and my dad, before he died, used to go to Thomson to the Waffle House to eat. To this day, my 33 year old daughter had to go there one last time when we were cleaning out the house. Funny what memories matter to you, as you get older. Lol

My daughter often bemoans the fact that there are no Waffle Houses in all of the greater NYC area. The closest to her is in PA. We have to go at least once each time she comes home to ATL