My best friend, a single mother of two, travels from Texas to Florida at least twice a year to visit her mother. This is a 20-hour car trip, and she usually drives straight through. If I were her, somewhere around Mississippi my holiday spirit would get tossed out the window. Many families travel at Christmastime, and my own dear brood has made the long trek from the Texas plains to the Emerald Coast many a summer. What helps me keep my sanity (if, indeed, it is kept)? Well, some good tunes, a journal, and most importantly, occupied kids. Though we … Continue reading →