Losses, but mostly gains.. the end.

For me the Hudson River will always mean home. This is the final installment in my Escape from Florida series. From here on out this blog will revert back to all things genealogy and history. Our regularly scheduled programming as it were. We for the most part are happy to be back in the Hudson Valley. There is so much we have missed. Kids are growing, things look so different and there is so much new to explore, see and do. Our condo in Florida is still there. Construction is said to be completed in the fall. We can not go back. I can't live in fear of what to do if another storm comes, wonder where to go to keep my mother safe. Hoping we can get a handicapped equipped hotel room far enough inland. Leaving behind all that is precious to me and hoping the water doesn't rise and wash it all away. It's been a little over six months now and we are adjusting to our new normal. Sometimes it surprises ...