As you will notice by my title, there are 5 more days until Harry is here. His room is nearly complete. All that's left to do is to buy bedsheets, a pillow and comforter. It doesn't seem possible that time has flown by so quickly, yet here it is.
Now it's 4 days and time seems to be flying by. All the thoughts and plans have fallen into place and I think we're ready for him to be here, almost. It's amazing how life changes, especially when you least expect it.
I remember back to when this was all just an idea, a thought that maybe someday Harry would come for a visit, nothing permanent. But then I heard that he wanted to get to know me again and that seemed to change everything, the way I thought about what was happening and that maybe, perhaps, Harry should come live here permanently.
I also remember back to the time two years ago, when Carli and I went to visit James' father Bill in Pendleton, OR. We were there for two weeks and it really wasn't enough time for Carli to get to know him. Something I'll always regret, especially now since Bill passed away 15 months ago.
I suppose that's why, when I heard Harry wanted to get to know me better, that I came up with the idea of having him move in with us. We were going to do it for James' father, why not mine? Although Bill's wife nixed the whole idea, I think she was rather ignorant about the whole thing. Granted, they wouldn't have moved in with us, but I was willing to find decent housing for them and help them get assistance.
But, she always declined the offer and now I'm sorry I didn't push the issue more. That might have pushed them further, but the end results were the same, so I guess it wasn't meant to be. However, Harry is meant to be here because in a few days he'll be arriving in Phoenix from Montana and there's no going back.
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