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Vacation – Launched!
Our goal was to be on the road as soon after sunset as possible. We were on the road by 6:30, which we considered to be quite reasonable, given that we hadn’t started packing until about 4:00pm! Things we accomplished today before leaving: eating most of the perishables in the fridge closing and winterizing the…
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Vacation Angst
I’ve written here before how much taking a vacation gives me fits of anxiety. We didn’t take a proper vacation this past summer. We did spend a lovely 4 days in Florida in June joining the celebration of our niece’s graduation from high school, and then we spent another weekend at a family camp in…
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Family camp
The words “family camp” have strong reverberations for me. I spent most summers of my childhood at some church-affiliated family camp; the United Methodists have a strong tradition of camping, and that was my affiliation through most of my growing up. We signed up for this “forever families” camp with high expectations. We hoped that…