11 hours in a packed car…good times!

I know that title filled many of you with dread, but for once, I’m not being sarcastic! The day started with a roadtrip back from Florida with four teenage girls and Rob driving and it really is a “good time”. How often do we have complete and dedicated time with our kids where they, or you, are not pulled in fifteen different directions? Their friends have become adopted kids and the memories created in a few short days will last a lifetime. On this car trip, the topic of giving came up in an audiobook. It could not have been a more fitting description for this vacation. Since I started a new role, a planned trip to see one of the girls’ favorite artist in concert was turned upside down. Since I could no longer attend, the girls wanted my best friend Lori to go with them. She was “so happy” to be voted as the stand in and it was a non negotiable. She packed up with the girls and one of their mom’s and traveled over four hours to stay in a hotel with a group of girls and watch a concert with screaming teens. How is that for an example of giving? What did she get in return-the joy in knowing that all the girls think she is the absolute coolest and will likely invite her to the next concert!