Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

"Sweetheart, you're the best-"

"Stop it... Let's call it a night."

"...Okay."

Turns out, hitting the sack early to recharge was the right move because the next day, Roseanne took them to the Grand Canyon.

Another day blessed with sunshine.

Since they started off early, it wasn't too hot when they arrived.

Norris stood on the rim, gazing down at the spectacular and majestic view of the canyon.

Madge, however, seemed a bit lost in thought.

"What's up, Mom?" Roseanne noticed her staring intently at a particular spot, as if mesmerized.

Madge: "Isn't that the North Rim over there?"

"Yeah."

"It's called the Observation Point, right? The highest lookout at the Grand Canyon. The plaque with 'He who has not seen the Canyon has not seen grandeur' is there?" "Yep, yep," Roseanne nodded vigorously, "Mom, did you actually research this time?"

Madge was known for her go-with-the-flow attitude.

She never planned her trips, content to sit and enjoy the scenery wherever she ended up.

So her preparation this time was quite the surprise.

Roseanne was taken

neither

her eyes betrayed

coming, nor had

she saw that spot, the

the memories she had lost, she had

but after snapping a few photos, he

and hot. Let's rest a bit before we go

last night, all confident, saying they'd be fine? And

his ground: "Hey, I'm

That I've made it

without a break, look at those young folks, turning back

the seemingly endless staircase below them, quite a few younger folks had

Madge was speechless.

arguing with

parents bicker, couldn't help but

laughter when Madge caught her: "What's so

wink, as if to say, "Us

let's take a picture

to his feet and began

Madge chuckled: "Vain, much?"

course! Standing next to my beautiful wife, I can't afford to look sloppy. Honey, how do I look?" Roseanne gave a thumbs-up, praising, "Dashing!

Norris shouted, "Wait!"

just realized his cap was askew and tried to adjust it, but couldn't find the

help him, a look of affectionate exasperation on her