Home & Horizon
This is the LAST last day of our vacation. Yesterday was the last travel day. Today is the Home and Horizon Day; come home, do laundry, put luggage away, recover the lawn (mow and water after two weeks of no mowing and little rain), process pictures, stories, and experiences, and then turn toward the horizon; begin planning for “re-entry” - back to jobs, chores, schedules, and routines. Jörg and I went to a local diner for an early breakfast (jetlag means we beat the rush and arrived when they opened) where we recapped this vacation. There is a sad but excited recognition that this was our last family vacation as Mom, Dad, and Kids. From now on it will just be Husband and Wife. Both kids made it very clear that they are done going on vacations with us and are ready to do their own thing. It’s normal. Not unexpected. Appropriate. But still comes - for this mom - with a hint of sadness. After all, we have been on some epic adventures. Things change, they always do. But this ch