Staycations: The Stay-at-Home Alternative

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  In this pandemic season when travel opportunities are limited, there are other good reasons to take a staycation, which is a shorter time away from work with your family. Those benefits include money savings, travel time savings, and convenience related to school year demands, pregnancy, the need to care for aging parents, and work demands. Here are some ideas for one-day staycations: Plan a day hike. Take a picnic and outdoor games to a local park. Spend a day at a nearby lake. Rent kayaks for lake or river paddling. Fashion an outdoor tea party for the family. Create…

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Guard Our Bodies, Lord

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In my book, Becoming a Brave New Woman, I share one of the moments of exhaustion that we all experience at one time or another: I had weeks of back-to-back speaking engagements. On a trip to Colorado, I remember thinking, “Wow, this is great! My flight got booked with some breathing space. I’ll get there early, take a nap, shower and feel so refreshed.” I arrived at the Denver airport only to discover that my connecting flight was canceled, and I was stuck in the airport for five hours. I would have to dress for the event in the airport…

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