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Making An Effort…More Than Just A Trip To Trader Joe’s.
Making an effort with family is important as we age.
When we went to the Buffalo, New York area this past week to visit family, I had no plans to see my sister. We were staying at my sister-in-law’s condo and my sister lives 45 minutes away in a town on the other side of the city. Essentially, one lives in the Southtowns and the other in the Northtowns (with Buffalo in between).
But I had planned a trip to Trader Joe’s. I know it sounds silly, but I’d never been to one of their stores before. When I look where exactly it was located, it was in my old stomping grounds of Niagara Falls Boulevard, an area I was extremely familiar with from living in North Buffalo before.
When I realized where it was, I texted my sister. My husband and sister-in-law were headed to a funeral. I had a couple of hours to spend…so, I reached out. I wanted to make an effort.
Don’t get me wrong, my sister and I have a good relationship. But we are in two different stages of life. My husband and I are retired, and fancy-free. She and her husband are still working full-time. They are both a little younger than us. And in all honesty, she’s at the peak of her career. I understand why she’s still working. When we come into town to see my parents who live about 70 miles…
