Goal Overload?
If you have been following my blog (first of all, thank you)
then you probably already know about our upcoming road trip. If you haven’t
been (you should), then here’s a little bit of background information.
I am a 40 year old single mother of 5 kids. Yes, F-I-V-E. My
daughters are 11 and 9, and my sons are 7, 5, and 4. We are leaving our home in
central Kansas and driving through 10 states and the District of Columbia on
what has now been dubbed “The Mother of All Road Trips: 2011 Edition” or
TMOART:2011 for semi-short.
There are so many goals that are wrapped up into this trip –
and this trip is going to be so much more than just a “road trip”.
The main goal, the main reason
for why we are even undertaking this is so that the kids and I can see my
parents. I grew up in Pennsylvania, and my parents are still there along with a
few of my siblings. My parents had me later in their lives, and so they are now
in their 80s. The last time that we saw them was 2 years ago, and my youngest
son does not remember that trip. Now, at 4 years old, he will remember at least
bits and pieces of it – and if, God forbid, something were to happen to my
parents, he would at least have a few memories of his grandparents. My parents
are for all intents and purposes the only grandparents that he has – his
paternal grandparents are not involved in his life at all (read my blog for
that story as well).
