Vacation. Nothing like it. My friends Angie and Asa are coming for a visit today. This morning I awoke and went out for breakfast with a friend. On my way to pick her up on this bright summer morning I saw a gentleman wearing shorts and a “vacation shirt” crossing the asphalt lot! My heartbeat sped up a bit and I smiled because it was simply from the excitement of the thought of vacation.
Every year our family tried to take a break from everyday life whether it be a simple little get a way like a camping trip or a great vacation to Disney World. Landen and I loved vacation! A lot of times the smell of asphalt…fried foods or sun screen would excite us. We would say, “It smells like vacation!”.
Many times we would have countdowns. One year I remember a countdown starting 72 days out! I believe that was the year we took our foster brother and sister camping in Missouri! It really was one of our best vacation memories and most anticipated. We camped for about a week and went in and out of Silver Dollar City all week because we all had season passes. In the evenings we would miniature golf, swim or just hang out by the campfire roasting marshmallows, talking and joking. Of course we walked the Branson strip and went shopping.
My sophomore year of college our cousin Karlyn came down to Missouri and we showed her all around. Such warm memories…our favorite jokes of that week was that we were looking so forward to discovering Rockaway Beach. We had heard that is where the movie stars used to vacation. Once we arrived at the rundown resort and it was raining we were thoroughly disappointed but couldn’t keep from laughing and it has become a life long joke when faced with disappointments. This vacation was before everyone had debit cards. Landen and I had checking accounts but no one took checks! So we made many trips to walmart buying 25 cent packs of gum and writing the check for $20 over so we could have change! Praise God for Debit cards!!!
My senior year of High School we went to Disney World on frequent flyer miles. It was a dream fulfilled for my parents because they had always wanted to take us but never worked out until then. We had the time of our lives!
My favorite vacation of all was probably visiting our friend Itsuko Tiara in Okinawa, Japan. Just Landen and I went but we had such a memorable time. I wouldn’t have gone with anyone else!
I wish Landen was here to go on another vacation or I could take his little kids to Disney or visit them but I can’t…however someday I am going to take an eternal vacation.
Many times we would have countdowns. One year I remember a countdown starting 72 days out! I believe that was the year we took our foster brother and sister camping in Missouri! It really was one of our best vacation memories and most anticipated. We camped for about a week and went in and out of Silver Dollar City all week because we all had season passes. In the evenings we would miniature golf, swim or just hang out by the campfire roasting marshmallows, talking and joking. Of course we walked the Branson strip and went shopping.
My sophomore year of college our cousin Karlyn came down to Missouri and we showed her all around. Such warm memories…our favorite jokes of that week was that we were looking so forward to discovering Rockaway Beach. We had heard that is where the movie stars used to vacation. Once we arrived at the rundown resort and it was raining we were thoroughly disappointed but couldn’t keep from laughing and it has become a life long joke when faced with disappointments. This vacation was before everyone had debit cards. Landen and I had checking accounts but no one took checks! So we made many trips to walmart buying 25 cent packs of gum and writing the check for $20 over so we could have change! Praise God for Debit cards!!!
My senior year of High School we went to Disney World on frequent flyer miles. It was a dream fulfilled for my parents because they had always wanted to take us but never worked out until then. We had the time of our lives!
My favorite vacation of all was probably visiting our friend Itsuko Tiara in Okinawa, Japan. Just Landen and I went but we had such a memorable time. I wouldn’t have gone with anyone else!
I wish Landen was here to go on another vacation or I could take his little kids to Disney or visit them but I can’t…however someday I am going to take an eternal vacation.
My Haitian brother John wrote a song about that:
I’m gonna take a vacation
Past the moon and stars
I’m walk on those golden streets
No Traffic No cars
I’m gonna lay in the Sonshine
I’m gonna drink from the River of Life
I’m going home for vacation
I won’t be coming back!
So everytime you get a thrill of vacation coming…whether it be a scent or sound or feeling…keep in mind of the eternal vacation ahead! I’d be thrilled to have you join us!!!
I’m gonna take a vacation
Past the moon and stars
I’m walk on those golden streets
No Traffic No cars
I’m gonna lay in the Sonshine
I’m gonna drink from the River of Life
I’m going home for vacation
I won’t be coming back!
So everytime you get a thrill of vacation coming…whether it be a scent or sound or feeling…keep in mind of the eternal vacation ahead! I’d be thrilled to have you join us!!!
Hi.. Could you tell me the name of that song? Going on a vacation,passed the moon and the stars, gonna walk down those golden streets. Been looking for it forever!
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It's just a song that my friend John Diebon wrote. I think it is just called "Going Home for Vacation"?
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