The last paragraph really hit home for me...... I have 5 children the oldest is 21 and the youngest is 3. I have two older sisters who have all adult children and I an envious of them as they are able to zip off here and there for weekends or jet across the ocean for a relaxing tropical getaway in the dead of winter while I'm changing diapers and singing ring around the rosy. I have to count my blessings as I have a brand new beautiful house ( and the giant mortgage that comes along with it) healthy children, a week long vacation at a cottage every summer, and the means to provide for our children in ways that many parents can't. I just have to keep my eye on the prize ..... My long awaited trip to somewhere tropical with my sisters next fall when my youngest goes to full day kindergarten.