Labor Day Road Trip

Another test to prove - if its true that distance is shorter to mom's house than mine? And witness - how belted-in kids can still spin up reasons to fight and bite; or explore why - at least one kid gets sick so quickly at the start of the trip; and rehearse our scripts on what to say or not say to the in-laws; all this to the cadence of thump-thump-thump of the concrete freeway; And yet still discover happiness - is a sizzling steak as big as a plate, is a steaming cup of coffee, a moment's peace, a blissful pause at a truck stop, where time and miles - don't exist.