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This post from August 11, 2009 shows how life can change in two years. Our son and his fiance are now married. They are busy with their present jobs and contemplating new employment opportunities they hadn\u2019t expected. Our daughter, who still lived with us two summers ago, moved to Ohio this week, where her husband will start grad school.<\/p>\n

Two years later, we\u2019re all too busy and too scattered for a family visit to the Iowa State Fair this year. But two things remains the same: the good relationships we have with our children and their spouses make these the best days, and the butter cow is as tacky as ever.<\/p>\n

These Are the Best Days – Recycled<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our son called last night to say he and his fiance are coming this weekend. They want to go the State Fair Saturday. \u201cWe\u2019d like you and Dad to come, too,\u201d he said. After our call ended, I went upstairs and asked Anne if she wanted to come, too. \u201cYeah,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019d love to.\u201d<\/p>\n

When I went to bed, something James Herriot said in one of the books in his All Things Wise and Wonderful series came to mind. He was talking about the days when his children were eight and ten, the age when they were old enough to be good company on his veterinary rounds and young enough to still believe he was smart. \u201cI didn\u2019t know it at the time,\u201d he said in his book, \u201cbut those were the best years of all.\u201d<\/p>\n

For a long time I looked upon our years of parenting our kids through middle childhood in the same way, especially when Allen was away from us and struggling. But now that he is whole and in our lives again, along with the wonderful young woman he will marry, and now that Anne\u2019s on the brink of independence and values every little scrap of wisdom we share with her, I think an even better time has come.<\/p>\n

These days of sharing life with our adult children are the best by far. They\u2019ve been rendered more precious by having been denied them for seven long years, so precious, in fact, that I don\u2019t have to wait until the future to realize what a treasure they are. I recognize now, today, what a treasure it is to have my children with me.<\/p>\n

No matter how hot it is Saturday, no matter how much my feet hurt, no matter how tacky the butter cow may be, I will be truly grateful all day long.<\/p>\n

So, what\u2019s changed in your life and what\u2019s stayed the same in the last two years? What\u2019s the tackiest thing you\u2019ve seen at the Iowa State Fair? Leave a comment, so we can compare notes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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