From the Mountains to the Beaches of Florida

View from apartment Big brothers rock Taking a Beach Vacation: In Florida, while my precious angels lay sleeping, I sneaked out of the apartment to take morning runs on the beach in the soft pastel light. On the first day, I ran by the beautiful Latino women in their sparkly sarongs, that did little to...

The Memories Live On

I was awoken this morning by the sound of the ocean and the feel of a warm tropical breeze caressing my face. I opened my eyes to see Tucker and my mother fast asleep in the same King size bed as me, Tucker’s head resting gently on her stomach, his eyelashes as thick as the palm leaves blowing outside...

Making Friends, Or Not, On the Airplane

(couldn’t resist taking this photo at the gate for my plane) Snoring: The women sitting next to me on the  plane home snored very loudly. The plane had landed and I sat there trying to decide whether it was my responsibility to wake her up or if I should just climb over her to deplane. I looked up...

Recovering From Flying With Children

I wouldn’t say that we made it home without incident. The fact that we made it home at all is very significant. The turbulence was brutal and I was reduced to an absolute useless mess while my boys searched for land through the airplane windows. I saw the sun again and realized that we had gained...

Florida For Children

Today is our last day here in Florida barring we don’t get out tomorrow due to high winds, mechanical problems or a pilot who injurs himself by digging his finger to far up his nose. We did have our first day of temperatures in the 80′s and it was marvelous even with the high winds. Our last...

Learning To Live With Less

Wade is not going to recognize his family when we return home to him after two weeks of windy, chilly weather. He will look beyond our bulbous bodies rolling by him like Violet Bauregarde in Willy Wonka and he will wonder where his healthy beautiful family is. I have never taken a vacation like this where...