Those that say you can’t take it with you never saw a car packed for a vacation trip.
— Unknown
I grew up in Chicago. My parents wanted to live in a warm climate – Chicago can be a bit cold, and gray and wet and smoggy. When it’s not cold and gray and wet and smoggy, it’s hot and sunny and humid and smoggy. Both of my parents had grown up in Chicago and they both longed for a cleaner, more hospitable place to live. Since we couldn’t live anywhere else, every summer we took a three week driving vacation to the Left Coast – though back then it was just the west coast.
My parents must have been nuts: three weeks in a car with three little kids. OY! To make sure that we all returned home in one piece and NOT in a casket, Mom made sure that we had lots of toys to entertain us during the 8-10 hour days as we went across Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. Because she also believed that our education shouldn’t stop during the summer, she also brought library books for us to read at night. After all, everyone knows you get sick if you Continue reading » Scenic Outlook Ahead
No matter how upbeat we try to be, we all have days when we feel discouraged. For me the past week has been a real challenge. You would think that a short week (I wrote this after Memorial Day week.) would make things easier, but in the end, the week felt like a failure. For some writers, just the act of writing helps them to feel better. For me that isn’t the case. As a matter of fact, when I started this post, I thought that I would probably just trash it because I didn’t see a way out of my discouragement.
Today I bought donuts. To set the record straight, I don’t know when I last ate a donut. (Before this morning, that is.) I KNOW they’re pure sugar and fat. I know they’re bad for me. I know, I know. And I usually don’t – eat – donuts! Yet, while I was out running errands this morning, my car just up and drove me to the best donut shop in town. What could I do? I was driven to buy donuts.
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