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...Luci?s question was equally rhetorical to my three; when she asks a thing like ?What d?ya think about going to Disney?? it is already asked and answered. And so, on Saturday last, K.T. of the local cab service drove up our driveway in his Suburban and we loaded in our team. Caroline, six, and Jack and Mary Grace, three apiece, were electric with anticipation. Lucille, age withheld, and our nanny Wendy, eternally youthful, were happy if anxious. I, a newly minted AARP member - hey, I?m not proud; it saved me a c-note on my Orlando minivan...
...Jack,? she ordered. ?Give me the truck.? Jack handed it over. The three of them were all a-giggle as they waited their turn at the scanner; it might as well have been C.S. Lewis?s wardrobe they were about to pass through. When Luci said, ?Come, Mary Grace!? the little one ran headlong to her mother, laughing...
...certain age inclined to tackle a pitcher of Manhattans with the ferocity of Rodney Hamilton. Angela and my mother-in-law reported that mine were ?the best? they?d ever had; all I know is, they liked them fine. Wendy joined them for one, I had a bourbon, Luci had a beer. We were on vacation, and feeling...
...were pleased to see the kids were engaged by some of the historical and environmental offerings (Spaceship Earth with its genius animatronics, and both Living with the Land and The Circle of Life). And Luci and I were pleased that the kids were so happy to have both of us as well as their dear Wendy around for more than just a weekend-plus-bedtimes. There were lots of stop-and-think moments at Disney. What are we missing in life? Life?s going too fast...
...remember what happened?" Luci asks at one point...