I will be honest and say that I felt very (well very something or other) about saying goodbye. It is only 12 days and I know it will do her a lot of good but my heart will be in my mouth until I see her walking back through the arrival gates.
Meanwhile my readers in the US have an additional reason to smile....you'll have a member of my family celebrating with you this evening.
We had a happy discussion on the journey to the airport along the lines of "was the American War of Independence actually the second and logical stage of the English Civil War". The years immediately before the declaration of independence was the most significant period of migration from England to the colonies and although the English Civil War had apparently been concluded nearly a century and a half before, many of the political and social issues remained unresolved.
After her trip to Washington, Philadephia and New York at least one member of my family may be in a better position to answer that question. Meanwhile: God Bless America.
