I am lucky, our daughter is 22 yrs old, so she is great source of comfort, our son is 18 yrs old, this has always been planned as a Mother/daughter trip, with hubby and son staying home doing guy stuff together, fishing, dad playing softball, son keep score etc. I am still up in the air about exactly what to do about our son. He does not want to stay with his grandmother, and he will be 19 in a few months. He would not be alone as we have a young lady that we took in over 2 yrs ago, a friend/co-worker of our daughter, she is 24 yrs old, she still lives with us and is not due to move out until June or July, she is arranging her work schedule to be here when he is here, so I do not have to worry about teen parties. But all the same...
I do appreciate everything everyone has offered, I know each of you have good points and very valid points. I know once I get away from here and get down to Disney all my worries will be out the window, at least for the time I am there and that will be the break I need, I will come back refreshed and able to make tackle all that lays before me. I know my daughter and I will bond over new memories and recall some great moments when dad was with us, maybe even cry a little, which will look a bit odd to others around us, but I am sure they will be happy tears, as I am easy to bring to happy tears. I am sure there will be moments we will look at one another and just know "dad" would have loved this or that. It happened like that on our first trip after my dad passed, tho it was much later after he passed and the pain not so fresh. I do wish we could go thru life and not suffer the pain, but since we can not, I think we will cherish the good times all the more.
Thank you to all those friends I have never met to care enough to comfort.