Parents of sweet and easy preteens, beware!

Here’s a radio essay that ran on WVTF, our local public-radio station, this morning. It’s about a semi-recent trip we took to Watoga State Park in West Virginia — one of our favorite places — and about how the family vacation dynamic shifts when kids hit the teen years.

With thanks to my favorite radio editor/reporter, Connie Stevens, who encouraged me to record, then made me sound real good, then even offered her husband up as my babysitter this morning. The perfect trifecta!!! 🙂

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  1. See: I did listen to it! And you are not the only one who has ever let the “worst word” slip your lips in front of the boys!

  2. Kurt

     /  June 29, 2009

    Hey – enjoyed waking up to your voice this AM!

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