"Vacation all I ever wanted. Vacation had to get away ..." I have never felt that urge so strongly as I do right now. It is that time of the summer and we are ready for a change of scenery. As I write, we are two days out from heading to Colorado. We will spend a few days there, and when we come back to Kansas, we will spend a few days in Kansas City.

But, without my sweet soldier I have to admit that I am not looking forward to playing a zone defense against my children’s three-man offense. The older two travel pretty well, but that third one, he is a mess when it comes to travel. It is well known that autistic children thrive with schedules, structure and, basically, sameness. None of those words are ones that typically apply to my vacation, but regardless, we are going on vacation.

I am looking forward to visiting some friends and I look forward to having completely worn out kids every evening. We are going to have a great time if it kills us!

I will have to let you know next week how it went, but get out there and enjoy your summer!

Strength and Courage ... sby