To Minivan or Not To Minivan
July 5, 2008|Comments (none)
Today, we have been unable to pry ourselves from the depths of our sofa except, of course, to peer into the computer screen at the photolisting of Georgia’s adoptable children. And there we would sit looking at sibling groups (generally four beautiful children or more) that we could never afford to support and which would require us to replace our vehicles just so we could vacation as a family. This dangerous pastime had us walking from room to room (this does not take long in a 3 bedroom/2 bathroom rancher) and saying things like, “We could store that queen size pillow top mattress somewhere and replace it with bunk beds. The kids wouldn’t mind.”
But wouldn’t they? For a brief and unhappy moment in time, I shared a bedroom with a sibling. Personal space is not really that important until you no longer have any of it to call your own. You know? Then chalk lines appear down the center of the room — battle lines are drawn and full on war begins. Read more
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