Still Totally Amazed At Times

It is a very strange feeling when I am sitting in a meeting and they are talking about my child traveling to Kuwait, other children traveling to Cairo, passports, visas and kids getting around at the airport. Next week I have a meeting for my youngest to go to Jordan and will hear almost the same comments. Visas, passports, traveling on airplanes etc etc. I was thinking wow....... My kids are so lucky. When I was their age, I was thrilled to be going to NYC to see a show and stay in a hotel for a night. We traveled on a bus........ The kids are traveling via airplane with only 2-3 adults for 25 kids. It makes me proud that they are able to have these experiences and that they know the ins and outs of traveling alone and not be nervous about the whole episode. Neither Greg or Alex have batted an eye about leaving on an airplane, packing their bags or being responsible for their things as they go from country to country. I feel very lucky that they have had these opportunities and I think they have grown way beyond their years.
Because Greg had a suitcase to bring to school today I drove the boys in. It also made me feel happy in the morning because when you drive around the school, all you see are happy, smiling faces, all the security guards smile and wave to me and I found myself thinking again how lucky I was because in NY - sometimes even the people who know me don't smile and acknowledge me much less say good morning or wave.
Then, this afternoon Dave and I went to the gym and sat by the pool while the maid was cleaning the house. I was sitting in the sunshine while a maid cleaned my house ........ Why do I want to move back to NY where I have no sun, no maid, no smiling faces, and I surely will have to work longer then four hours a day? Because it is home.