Jeremy Clarke Jeremy Clarke

The intense heat is gone and so are the grandsons

Now I just hope I make it till February when they come back

The boys tumble about in whichever pool we visit while I watch comatose from the sidelines. [Hemis/Alamy stock photo]

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