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The Runway

blonde hair over long sleeves of a tie dye t-shirt - she’s wheeled onto the plane; cell phones of course; headphones of course; green-knitting in force; red deck in four pairs of hands - on floor, someone will score; and our grandsons take off with our love, hugs and hearts - headed home, speeding down the runway, as we set a course back to our empty nest.

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Paige Hind

Date: 8/27/2024 2:04:00 PM

It's beautiful to see how you love your family....the end said everything.

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 8/27/2024 3:36:00 PM

Thank you! Truly blessed that these two were able to spend two weeks with us!

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 8/25/2024 10:36:00 AM

Hello Kim, Now the tow of you have time for dea ch other to do things together. Hugs. /Darlene/

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 8/26/2024 12:02:00 PM

Hello kim, yes you have rest in your love nest. Hugs. /Darlene/

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 8/25/2024 11:13:00 AM

Yes, absolutely! Loved the extra special time with our grands…now a little rest in our love nest…heehee

Panagiota Romios

Date: 8/24/2024 6:21:00 PM

Kim~ A warm and touching write.! With airplane travel , we really are not that far apart. And the USA is avast, colorful country . Overwhelming in size, variations in topography and eternally ethnically diverse. We hane members of all countries here as does Canada! Diverse and great. Not that long to fly coast to coast.Pangie bless you, Kim

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 8/25/2024 11:14:00 AM

Not that far away by plane but affording to fly is the issue so we see each other a couple times a year, but I’ll take it!! Hugs

Silent One

Date: 8/24/2024 11:32:00 AM

Awww... yes the house will seem empty, I can imagine.. but a bit of peace and quite will be nice... I'm happy I live in the Uk, as its so small, must be hard in the US when someone lives in another state.. I feel you angst.

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 8/25/2024 11:15:00 AM

Especially for the kids, who want to be close!! I love them!

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 8/24/2024 5:45:00 AM

Malta is small so we reach our "runaways" with ease. But I can imagine the ache when our young ones fly away to far-off lands. Hugs.

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 8/25/2024 11:15:00 AM

A little harder! Hugs!

Mike Gentile

Date: 8/24/2024 5:28:00 AM

Aww, Kim, such emotion resonates from your lines! Bittersweet and beautiful!! Happy Saturday!!

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 8/24/2024 5:29:00 AM

Thank you, Mike! :)

Subimal Sinha-Roy

Date: 8/23/2024 10:19:00 PM

It's the desolate feeling one gets when they all leave the nest and fly away in their skies. I can relate to this in your touching poem, Kim.

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 8/24/2024 5:31:00 AM

In this case it was a 2 week visit of 2 of our grandsons. Great visit! Hugs :)

Hilda Greenhough

Date: 8/23/2024 6:38:00 PM

Sadly she is missed. I hope the visits are frequent. These words capture an important moment.

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 8/23/2024 6:58:00 PM

Observations made while waiting for two of our grandsons to fly home. Final 6 lines about us :)