| 
Still Got It
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Be You
By Becky Kopitzke You really have to look inside yourself and find your own inner strength, and say, "I'm proud of what I am and who I am."
~Mariah Carey I've discovered how to practice patience: Just take a road trip through Chicago on a Friday afternoon. Recently, my daughters and I hopped in our minivan to visit friends across state lines, which according to our GPS should have been a three-and-a-half-hour drive. On the way there, it was. We arrived late Thursday afternoon and spent the evening chatting, laughing, swimming and snacking, enjoying precious time with friends. It was worth every second of the trip. Even the trip home. Because, let me tell you, that was no three-and-a-half-hour drive. As soon as our minivan met the on-ramp, we crawled, bumper to bumper, across 200 miles of interstate from Manteno to Milwaukee and then some. Apparently, everybody with a vehicle decided to hit the highway that afternoon, and so with only a couple of quick potty stops and one twenty-minute lunch break, our drive grew to nearly seven hours on the road. Seven! By the time my girls and I reached home at last, our brains were drained, and our legs felt like putty. (Keep reading)  
| 
No comments:
Post a Comment