Hands down, my favorite Family vacation was a surprise
Family trip when I was 13. And yes, it
involves Disney! (sort of anyway)
Disney was going to open in October; and my 13th
birthday was in October! I had been
hinting and bugging my parent almost every single day since I discovered the
coincidence! I mean seriously-Disney
World was opening JUST for me!
The weekend before my birthday, my parent loaded us into the
car for a ‘drive’. (This was a normal
routine thing for us back then. We would
all load into the car and drive for hours, then find ourselves back at home in
time to make dinner-Exciting, huh?)
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| Map of Florida...should have paid more attention in geography class! |
As we headed south I just knew we were going to Disney! If I had known a bit more about geography I
might have realized we were on the wrong highway. When I saw the welcome to Florida sign I was
ecstatic! A few hours later we pulled up
to…the beach! My parents announced that
this was my birthday present. They
brought me to Florida just like I wanted!
My dad had made a secret reservation at a hotel on the beach.
While it wasn’t Disney, it was cool! Dad unloaded our luggage (where had THAT been
hiding!) and we had a fantastic weekend!
While it was not the trip I had hoped for I discovered that
Family Time was wondrous and precious.
All it took was a change in scenery to change attitudes. All 3 of us kids became suddenly nice to each
other (if only for a while) and we truly enjoyed the time together.
From this I learned a couple of things – Family trips are
necessary. And I should be more specific
in my birthday requests!
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