by Pa Rock
Proud Parent
My daughter, Molly Macy Files, lives with her young and very active family in Oregon's capital city (and no, it is NOT Portland!) where she continues to be one of the busiest people on the planet. Molly and her husband, Scott, have three children - two teens and an eleven-year-old - and they keep the roads hot rushing to-and-from the lessons, practices, competitions, and various school activities that inevitably pull America's over-burdened children is so many directions. Molly and Scott's lives are so fast-paced and hectic that it is a wonder they can even remember where their children are at any given moment.
Molly is turning forty-six today, a fact that I find staggering. I used to make it out to see her and her family in Oregon twice a year, but COVID has interfered with my travel to a point that I have only been out there once in the past two years - and Molly has managed to come see me twice during that same time span, once with her entire family! This year is is definitely Pa Rock's turn to don his traveling cape and head west!
During the past year Molly lost her last remaining grandparent, a sad affirmation of how our lives change and rearrange themselves as we age. But during that same time she was also able to cast a few lines and reconnect with other family members. I know that "Aunt Gail" was particularly pleased when Molly and Scott and the kids stopped by her apartment in Arkansas and visited with her and Cousin Tiffany during the Files' family vacation to the Midwest this past summer.
And now Christmas is almost upon us, and I can't even conceive of the joyous commotion that the holiday is stirring in the Files' household! But I do know that through it all Molly will be a tower of family strength decked out in pine boughs, holly, candy canes, gift wrap, and perhaps even a little mistletoe!
Happy holidays, Molly - and happy, happy birthday!
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