BLOG: Crippled by Comparison

I made a huge mistake.

At this stage, and at my age, you'd think I'd know better. I'd think so, too, but maybe I don't. Or maybe I don't want to.

We were on a road trip to pick up our 18 year old daughter who was returning from a month-long visit to America. It was going to have us in our seats for about 12+ hours (round trip) and we were doing the whole thing in one day. We left at 5am and I had a plan. I had the kids pack books they could read to pass the time and I put together two baskets of