Bunny and I are in an airport waiting to fly back from our weekend at Disney after a weeklong family vacation in Florida. The two of us stayed on property and went to all four main parks, hitting many of the “you have to’s” along the way. But it was also us - and so our days often started after 9am and our evenings were capped with some bedtime HGTV.
I’m not actually a Disney person - but the whole time she was away I wanted the two of us to have a trip that would help make up for the 18 months of separation and hardship, living with no frills or fun to pass the time. I spent 18 months imagining what it would be like to go on carefree adventures together. I wished on many a star and Disney seemed like a place to get a year’s worth of frills and fun.
Disney delivered - and so did the family vacation. Time together - that was all we really needed. Lots and lots of time together. In just days Bunny will start her junior year of online school. She continues her court ordered counseling and is in a cool group of kids at the counseling center which she has enjoyed. We meet with her very nice probation officer once each month for about 5 minutes and her next court update isn’t until October. We really have no idea of when she might switch to “unsupervised probation” which would eliminate court dates and monthly probation visits - but it doesn’t really matter. She is doing everything they need her to do, so the visits are all positive.
As a family, David continues graduate school for his NP and the boys start their senior year of HS, with both of them planning to attend USI upon graduation. I keep teaching in my job which is by far my favorite job of my entire life. My mom and dad (who live with us) continue to expand their Evansville lives but are still a daily part of each of the kids daily life in unique and individual ways.
A year ago (July 19, 2020) I posted about a tense call with Bunny and how difficult it was to have tension long distance. Those moments made the 18 months seem to last forever and our distance seem twice as far. I dreamed of being able to handle life face to face with all its ups and downs. And now I’m posting photos with us in Mickey ears and giant smiles.
We aren’t always on vacation or living our best Disney life - but I will never take for granted the fact that she is right here beside me.
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