Us visiting grandchildren in 20 years
My daughter Chloe and her husband Michael recently bought their first house, which is in Akron. Given the crazy seller's market nowadays, they had to bid on several homes before finally having an offer accepted on one.
Throughout this process, Terry kept subtly (or maybe not so subtly) urging them to look at houses farther north, which would have put them closer to us.
In the end, they settled on Akron, which isn't exactly next door, but is also still less than an hour away.
Given that Elissa lives just one city to the east of us, we are very fortunate to have our older kids so close. I know many people who only see their offspring and grandchildren once a year on out-of-state trips.
I've always told Terry that you can't count on five kids settling in the immediate area where you live. It happens, but not often.
Jared's career, in particular, has the potential to take him to far-flung places. When you're in the sports information business, you go where the jobs are. And if you want to be a college sports information director, as Jared has thought about, you go to whichever university is willing to give you a shot.
That's the way it works. Not everyone is going to want (or have the opportunity) to stay in good old Ohio.
Knowing us, though, if and when one or more of the kids move to another part of the country, we will become frequent fliers and end up seeing them relatively often.
To my children, then, I say this: If you're definitely going to go somewhere else, think about Montana. I've always wanted to see Montana.
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