Labor Day has passed and every year at about this time, I’m ready to go back to my home in Herons Glen. Yes, we head north for four months to escape the heat, and the afternoon showers in Florida (oh, and the occasional hurricane).
North for us is Laconia, N.H., in a beautiful community on Lake Winnipesaukee. My husband and I do not hail from this location but settled on a vacation home here to be closer to his daughters and grandchildren. They visit off and on throughout the summer and it is always so much fun. We have a pool (brrrr, unheated) and the kids love it. Plus, we are just a five-minute walk to our private beach on Paugus Bay. During the week, we venture out on the big lake in our pontoon (way too busy on the weekends). We both enjoy golfing with our respective groups.
We have other friends from Herons Glen that live here in the summer as well and other friends who make the trek north to visit us. We enjoy sharing with them this beautiful part of the country. However, we had no visitors this year, which made it a little lonelier.
The grandkids are getting older and busier so each year we see them a little less and now school is back in session. I know other grandparents experience the same thing. It’s life; we can’t keep them young forever.
As beautiful as the fall colors are here in this part of the country, they can’t take the place of friends and family in Herons Glen. So, for me, it’s time to go home.
