The Big Family Trip

  It was July 2000 and Barnabas had granted me a Sabbatical – 2 whole months off! I wanted to do something big. Something the whole family would remember. At the time, our family numbered nine. We had four biological children and we had become foster parents to three boys (later adopted). The kids’ ages ranged from 2 1/2 – 17. We asked ourselves, “What would be a convenient way to make a memory for a family of nine?” How about a 24-day cross-country camping trip? Obvious! I planned the… Continue reading The Big Family Trip