dpic
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- Oct 21, 2001
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I'm not kidding--I'm having a bit of a melt-down. My son has joined the Marines and will have his boot camp (graduating September 14th) at Camp Pendleton in San Diego--an hour or so away from Disneyland. Not letting a chance like that slip by, I sent in a reservation request to Dreams. I just got it back, and sent in my deposit.
Then it hits me--this will be our last family trip.
This will be the last time we have a trip and come home together as our little family of four. Our daughter is 21, and is in college. It will be her senior year, and she has already cleared it. So our little family of four--whose best family times on earth have been at WDW--are going to make our last trip together. I'm channeling Teresa. I've always been an emotional, sentimental guy, so this is really hard. We have always traveled a lot--big summer vacations every year. We are campers, and my son's first trip was to California (Yosemite/Sequoia) when he was three months old. But our (5) Disney trips were special: the kids could just go and swim, we ate at restaurants, didn't have to hide our food in the car from bears, and we had indoor plumbing--little things like that add up quick. My favorite memory of our son is on Thunder Mountain Railroad when he was six--screaming and hollering, with a smile as big as Texas. We have never been the type of parents who look forward to the end of summer--we have such good times with our children. I know there will be more great times together, but as a little family of four, this it it. My family has grown up, and they are leaving the nest. And, it makes me very sad inside.
Then it hits me--this will be our last family trip.
This will be the last time we have a trip and come home together as our little family of four. Our daughter is 21, and is in college. It will be her senior year, and she has already cleared it. So our little family of four--whose best family times on earth have been at WDW--are going to make our last trip together. I'm channeling Teresa. I've always been an emotional, sentimental guy, so this is really hard. We have always traveled a lot--big summer vacations every year. We are campers, and my son's first trip was to California (Yosemite/Sequoia) when he was three months old. But our (5) Disney trips were special: the kids could just go and swim, we ate at restaurants, didn't have to hide our food in the car from bears, and we had indoor plumbing--little things like that add up quick. My favorite memory of our son is on Thunder Mountain Railroad when he was six--screaming and hollering, with a smile as big as Texas. We have never been the type of parents who look forward to the end of summer--we have such good times with our children. I know there will be more great times together, but as a little family of four, this it it. My family has grown up, and they are leaving the nest. And, it makes me very sad inside.
We have a little family of 4 also, and DS is in college. DD is in high school and I can see the "end" on the horizon. Have to find new ways to vacation-until the grandkids come along anyway!
