Miss IC, Ever since your boy first landed here, he's been trouble. To think he made a fuss over Southern accents when he knows I have a perfetly fine Long Island one---well, enough said.

Sounds like you guys had a special Thanksgiving. It was great to get some Florida sunshine...my daughter said to me yesterday that she has this desire to turn up the volume of the sun here. What part are you going to? My guess is that IC wants to see the mouse( sure, IC, the kids want to go).

I am not sure why I allowed old stuff to get the best of me in the beginning of the trip. I thought I was beyond that, but apparently not. Hard to ditch fear, anger, hurt. I was really trying to push him away, or maybe create some drama. Anyway, we ended up having a loving, happy time.

My next trip is also over the Christmas holidays, to Israel, for my son's Bar Mitzvah. I am trying really hard not to think about it.