“We have 5 Summers left, Honey”, I said to my little Ella, 13 years old.  “What do you want to do with this one?” She looked at me surprised.  “What do you mean we have 5 left?” she asked. “I mean while you’re a kid, as my little girl in this our little family.  How amazing is that?  We won’t get this back, so what should we do?” I said. She looked off from the co-captain seat as we sailed down the road, her thoughts consumed by the roar of the motorhome, and suddenly the realization she was growing up quicker than she noticed. Have you ever considered that you only have 18 Summers with your kids? I mean, if you’re lucky and all goes as hoped with life, you still only have very precious little time with your kiddos as young ones. Some of you are reading this saying, “Oh yeah, we’re going on 36 Summers with our son, we can’t get him to move out…”   Well, to those I’m sorry 😉  But seriously, think about this most incredible time we call life! What will our summer consist of?  We’ve decided to keep The Promise and live it