What %?

Amber asked what percentage of our little family trip has been fun and what percentage has been misery. Is that a funny, yet truthful question to ask? We took three kids, ages 2, 3 & 5 on a seven hour car ride. We went to several cities in a few days: Santa Cruz Boardwalk, San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge & lunch in Sausilito, San Jose Superplex Hockey Rink NARCh finals & the Billy Jones Railroad in Los Gatos. She is right, mostly fun, but definitely some grief mixed in too; tired children overdue for naps, bumper to bumper traffic some times and trying to make everyone happy. That means is it just like life...good and bad, happy and sad, beginnings and endings. Rather than expecting it to always be perfect and fun, the trick is to just experience it all, good and bad. Rather than looking for the next adventure, be here now and see the adventure you are in right now. Rather than wishing for it to be better, be thankful you are where you are with the people you love, even in its imperfection.