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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE EDITOR: DOUG HOLLANDSWORTH
Why Your Family Should Take a Summer Vacation
How often have you said or have heard someone else say, "I need a vacation"? Yet year after year, even though an increasing number of families make a decision to take a summer vacation, many other families opt not to do so. Which type of family is your family?
Many of us find it all too easy to work 14-hour days with no respite, which has a negative impact on family life. Many families are rarely able to spend time together. Long work hours, homework, church activities and busy sports schedules often prevent a family from even enjoying dinner together. Sadly, more and more families are unable to take a vacation due to busy schedules and economic hard times. Summer vacations are important, because they are one of the few ways that a family can take a break from work commitments and routines to spend uninterrupted, quality time together bonding, relaxing, having fun and growing personally and spiritually.
