Hi there bestgrandma (I love that) ..... No, I don't like it here, but realistically, as I age, I will need more and more help, whether it be here or in an assisted living place. I had a knee replacement 5 years ago, and then a "revision" 2 years ago, and the first time a close girlfriend drove down from PA to help .... what a blessing that was. When I had the revision I was totally alone .... that was an awful time for me ..... being alone, and dealing with a major surgery and learning to walk again, not being able to drive, well .... let's just say I lived on "cream of wheat!" So, unless I want to only see my kids maybe 2x a year if I were in MD and they down here, I needed to move where they are. Times are so different .... when my X-husband's mother and my parents needed help, we drove up there (3-4 hours) just about every weekend .... I spent a full week up there when I had to admit my Dad to an Alzheimer's Unit. Kids nowadays don't do that. They want us to come to them! Fair? Maybe not, but it is what it is.
abby