• Family

    Missing the boat (literally) and what we learned about love

    We sat at a McDonalds somewhere in Los Angeles, Calif. area. I was at one table, my entire family at another. I was fuming. I was in disbelief this was happening. And I was angry at everyone. Months earlier I had planned for this day and THIS was not the plan. Every year we had some sort of family vacation. Some big some small. It was usually the beach, mountains, or amusement park. This time we planned something new. A family cruise. With one son out of the country, we would not all be there. But we decided once the kids were adults, we couldn’t keep from having fun and…