It's a Short trip...

We've heard the old joke: you're driving me crazy--- and it's a real short trip. 

Here's another version, and it's no joke. For a number of reasons-- to be addressed later in this blog-- I am taking a break from crazy. I am leaving the minivan lifestyle to which we are all accustomed, packing up the children, and taking them to France.

It's a Short trip. For one, we are the Shorts, and two, it's only for three months. But also because I am hopeful that my trip from crazy doesn't need to be a long one. We're taking a time out from carpools and soccer, Walmart and wii. Maybe my kids will discover, through our short trip from crazy, that there is a bigger world out there. There is something bigger than themselves that they can be a part of.

This is how my children spent a recent brewery tour in Williamsburg.
Let's hope they do better in the vineyards of Sancerre, France.

Now is that so crazy?