• Never More Than a Kiss Away

    8/30/20089:59:51 AM Link 0 comments | Add comment

    An American icon . . . . . . the summer vacation . . . . . . has now come to a close with the Labor Day holiday. I know the school year plays a major role as to when vacations would be taken, but it has remained with us for so long now . . . . . that even those without kids . . . . . take the summer vacation. 30, 40 and 50 years ago, vacations were taken . . . . . . generally by car . . . . . . . and almost always to visit family in other parts of the country.

     
    The family vacation thrived with the building of the Interstate system and the roadside motels. Vacation spots . . . . . . not involving family visits . . . . . began to spring up. Now you can visit places like Cypress Gardens . . . . . . . the Dells . . . . . . Knott’s Berry Farm. You can see the Largest Ball of Yarn . . . . . . . . . or the 3 Headed Monkey . . . . . . and watch the Alligator Wrestler. We can now easily travel to places like Disneyland . . . . . . . . and vacations were never going to be the same again. Grandma and Uncle Joe have been replaced by Mickey Mouse and Yosemite Sam or Injun Joe selling his wares on the side of Route 66.
     
    Today, the family vacation has a whole new look. Families are becoming well traveled. Young families with small children not only go the beach, but they fly to Aruba to get there. They will go to Europe and see the ruins of Pompeii . . . . . . . or the Parthenon. They may take a family cruise to Alaska or the Caribbean. (more kids will cruise in 2008 than all people who cruised in 1990)  Some families fly even to Japan to visit Disney World. Maybe they should look at a map next time.
     
    We travel quite a bit with our grandkids, but not always. Sometimes they stay home . . . . or we stay home. To keep in touch with our grandkids . . . . . . aside from cell phones and e-mail . . . . . .  we send stars around the world. Every night when darkness falls, each of us throws a kiss to the first star we see. That star will travel to where the others are . . . . . . and then we each grab the kiss (the one they sent to us) from the second star we see . . . . . . . and they do the same.  I know it’s a bit corny . . . . . . . and doesn’t happen every night . . . . . . but, these kids look forward to it - and in their mind (and ours) . . . . we are never more than a kiss away.
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