Jim and I took the 3 girls and met Steve and Nancy and their 2 girls in Orlando to spend 2 weeks in Disney World, surrounding area attractions, and other sights in Orlando, Then Jim and I flew to Toronto for our annual Glasser convention, and the others flew home. We got to visit with one of our daughters and her husband from Georgia. That was a wonderful time.
Jim and I met Suzi, Cesar and their son in Toronto where we spent 4 days in learning and sharing with other Glasser participants. It was a great time of learning.
One of the most valuable things we did for our children was to take them on vacations. We drove those kids all over the U.S. We took the our own children, our nieces, group home children, the staff, along with some of our other grandchildren.
It has long been a joke in the Agency about our vacations because when I proposed the next years' vacation to Jim, he would always say, "We can't do that." I would always answer, "Of course we can", and proceed to plan the vacation. We wouldn't have traded a single one. No matter how difficult the kids might have been, we believed they needed the opportunity to see beyond their life, beyond their problems, and understand there were options.
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