Maryland and Maine in the Summer of 2021

Sunday, July 24, 2022

I am a full year late to documenting this trip. In July of 2021 I took the kids to Maryland to visit my parents, and while on that trip I took a mini trip by myself up to Maine to see two of my brothers while the kids stayed back in Maryland.

Evelyn had just surpassed my mom in height. We watched Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune every night. My mother’s garden, the hydrangeas and sunflowers. My dad playing 22 with the kids. Hot chocolate in the middle of summer every morning with my mom, before I had awoken and come downstairs—their little ritual. The nostalgia of Jimmy Cone Ice Cream, a scrappy little place that I used to go to in high school with my friends.

Maine was lovely, it reminded me of my time in Vancouver. The moody skies, the threat of rain, hoodies all summer.