Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2009-03-23 11:22:18 - Graham Ellis
Lisa and I have been spending a few days with son Tyler and his wife Alyssa in Georgia - all four of us are pictured here at the Amicalola falls (which you can see through the trees because the leaves are, as yet missing), with another passing early season visitor taking the picture for us. It's one of those tourist spots where everyone says "hi", rather than one of those spots where everyone pushes for their place in line!
Tyler and Alyssa are living on the Georgia and Tennessee border - and you'll see how literally they ARE on the border from this picture, with the state line running right through their apartment block (and through their own apartment too). This is Copperhill, TN - and McCaysville, Georgia.
It's been a catch-up weekend, and a chance to talk past, present and future. A chance to get to know Alyssa a little better. And as you can see from this picture, Tyler and Alyssa are very much looking forward. A lovely couple, and I'm proud to have them as part of our family, all a part that we haven't seen as often as we would have liked. I remember one of our friends describing it as "Damned Geography", and and of you folks who have a spread out family will know what I mean.
I like this picture, and I think it sets a theme and a route forward. I don't know exactly where Tyler and Alyssa will end up in life, but they are clearly - so clearly - a couple and suited for each other; on the same wavelength if you like. They've already had a number of those bumps and jolts, and been strengthened by them. And I look forward to that strength growing and to them developing / moving on to something (and perhaps somewhere) they'll really blossom and enjoy.
Lisa and I have been spending a few days with son Tyler and his wife Alyssa in Georgia - all four of us are pictured here at the Amicalola falls (which you can see through the trees because the leaves are, as yet missing), with another passing early season visitor taking the picture for us. It's one of those tourist spots where everyone says "hi", rather than one of those spots where everyone pushes for their place in line!
Tyler and Alyssa are living on the Georgia and Tennessee border - and you'll see how literally they ARE on the border from this picture, with the state line running right through their apartment block (and through their own apartment too). This is Copperhill, TN - and McCaysville, Georgia.
It's been a catch-up weekend, and a chance to talk past, present and future. A chance to get to know Alyssa a little better. And as you can see from this picture, Tyler and Alyssa are very much looking forward. A lovely couple, and I'm proud to have them as part of our family, all a part that we haven't seen as often as we would have liked. I remember one of our friends describing it as "Damned Geography", and and of you folks who have a spread out family will know what I mean.
I like this picture, and I think it sets a theme and a route forward. I don't know exactly where Tyler and Alyssa will end up in life, but they are clearly - so clearly - a couple and suited for each other; on the same wavelength if you like. They've already had a number of those bumps and jolts, and been strengthened by them. And I look forward to that strength growing and to them developing / moving on to something (and perhaps somewhere) they'll really blossom and enjoy.