Fort Worth, Texas

Jeff, Kate, Lauren & Joey

We pulled up roots in Buenos Aires and arrived to our apartment in Fort Worth August 16. The 107-degree heat was a welcome change from the wet cold of the porteño winter that seemed to be dragging on forever this year. Or perhaps it was just an objective correlative for our mixed emotions about leaving what had been home for more than three years.

In any event, we are back in the Lone Star State while our new home in Panamá is completed. Already we've enjoyed several opportunities for visiting with favorite son Joey and favorite nuera Lauren, including at the baby shower they hosted for their friends Kate and Jeff. And that, after all, was the primary reason for relocating. Things are working out.