After the week of packing.
After the last load of laundry is transferred into the dryer, folded and placed in the suitcase.
After the stuffed animals and the toy trains are zipped up and placed somewhere close in the van.
After all the doors are locked tight...
We take our places in the van and I feel it, I'm thankful for it because I know what it means...
That EXHALE...that slow exhalation is the beginning of leaving the stress of the preparation behind and the beginning of looking toward the journey ahead. With that exhale we embrace the "what's not done can wait" and "what we don't have we'll buy" and you focus on the here and now. Vacation, hopes of relaxation, slower days and...