We have a small family.....two grown "kids". One lives north of Seattle with his family and one lives in West Bend with her husband and two boys. Obviously we see the Wisconsin bunch a lot more frequently than the NW bunch.
And sometimes a visit to West Bend is a bit of an unplanned surprise. For instance, the phone rings at 9:30 p.m. and I hear my daughter talking fast and explaining she is on the way to the hospital with husband in the passenger seat.....probably appendicitis. Her neighbor and good friend is with the kids and another is coming at 10:00 and can stay overnight until 5:00 a.m. when he then has to go home so his wife can go to work!
The long and fast explanation/question was winding down to "could we be over there at 5:00 in the morning to take over kid duty as needed."
The answer was a quick "no"....we would pack a couple tote bags and come to sleep overnight instead. And that's what we did. We arrived, nice neighbor went home and we crawled into bed. Megan arrived home in the middle of the night to let us know surgery was scheduled for the next morning.
Emergency addressed......outcome 100% positive.....recovery going well.
Sometimes it's really good to be close.....to be geographically close enough to help when needed.
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