My fiancé and I took our sons on our very first family vacation. Everyone did great. I had been feeling depressed by the patterns our relationship had adopted with the added stress and work of suddenly becoming parents of two before our trip. Back home, it feels like we're still on vacation. Family/Relationship renewal. My fiancé and I seem younger, and our children seem older. Everyone seems more independent and also stronger as a unit. It was kind of shitty to touch down in Seattle, cloudy cold and bad attitudes. But this morning walking back from accompanying my fiancé partway to work, I felt some appreciation. After being in Vegas, our little neighborhood seemed sophisticated. I appreciated the quality coffee, and how almost every time I visit a coffee shop some graceful gentleman opens the door for me to wheel the double stroller in or out. It's an out of place gesture in what I deem a socially inhospitable city, and a nice surprise every time.
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