The Vacation That Was Never Just Ours

But now, there was drama.

I turned to my husband and asked, “Did you say something to your mom?”

He looked confused. “No! I mean, I mentioned we were going away, but I didn’t say come along.”

We both stared at each other. For a second, neither of us spoke, like we were waiting for the other to explain something that didn’t make sense. Our youngest, Lily, was spinning in circles singing something about sunscreen, while our older son, Max, was trying to sneak an extra video game into his backpack. It was chaos, and adding more adults to the mix wasn’t part of the plan.