{"id":20491,"date":"2025-10-05T19:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T00:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=20491"},"modified":"2025-10-05T19:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T00:45:08","slug":"gone-but-not-too-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=20491","title":{"rendered":"Gone, but not too far"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There&#8217;s definitely not a lot of lonely time around here, despite the empty house. Last weekend Alan and I went down to WPI to watch Lex&#8217;s band performance. Joyce met us there. The game was awful, the sun was HOT, but the band was great! We had fun. Then we took Lex out to dinner at the Olive Garden, where he ate new food! LOL. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e5be24a9973&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e5be24a9973\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"20489\" src=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-1759705218128664845394312841083-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-1759705218128664845394312841083-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-1759705218128664845394312841083-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-1759705218128664845394312841083-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-1759705218128664845394312841083-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-1759705218128664845394312841083.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e5be24a9d1e&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e5be24a9d1e\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"20488\" src=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-17597052071182685420909431756231-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-17597052071182685420909431756231-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-17597052071182685420909431756231-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-17597052071182685420909431756231-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-17597052071182685420909431756231-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-17597052071182685420909431756231-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-17597052071182685420909431756231.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The next day Mema and G&#8217;Tom came to visit for a few days. 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