One thing we do with our family is try to make memories of our vacations.
One way to do that is to remember a couple of things that happened, and tell the story to other people.
So one way we do that is for everyone to come up with 3 things they remember about the vacation.
This is the list we came up with:
Bugs, beach, St Max - Natalie - age 18
S'mores, beach, Grandpa (Kilian) - Elyse -age 8
Beach St. Max, Eating around campfire - Mary -age 13
beach, s'mores, Grandpa's - Therese -age 6
St Kolbe, Our Lady of LaSalette, Oooga booga Barbeque (with Grandpa in Lockport) Rachel -age 15
bugs, setting up camp, no internet - Dad
Finding shapes in the clouds, playing golf as a family , beach - mom
All of this is a fun exercise that shows the true meaning of vacation. That seems to be time to decompress, spend time with each other. In this time when many of us sit at computer screens and not talk with each other as often as we like, vacations are a great opportunity to get reconnected with those who mean the most to us.
