From Washington, D.C. we headed west and south, ending up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, home of Moravian stars and the best ginger cookies ever made. Most importantly for us, Liz's mom lives in Winston Salem. We had a busy and productive week of doing administrative tasks, everything from enrolling the kids in home school to sorting the piles of mail that Brooke has been helping manage (all the behind-the-scenes work to make this year happen). However, we also did some fun things. Decorating a gingerbread house was a particularly fun activity.
Johannes found a local guitar store and managed to get some work done on his instrumental companion, including a treatment advertised as a "spa for your guitah." Liz loved joining her mom’s watercolor class. We played basketball every day under Carolina blue skies.
We also watched Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in the most amazing movie theater (the seats reclined AND were heated!), and had a pre-Christmas with Gramma (Kindles for the win for our little readers!)
Then we headed into the mountains for a reunion with one of Liz’s med school friends Steve and his family, Olivia, Wesley, and Emily. So fun reconnecting after so many years and Liz and Jo were convinced to explore enneagrams. A hike to a waterfall in Pisgah forest was a good antidote to drives through really windy roads in the Smoky Mountains.
Our final North Carolina stop was with Liz's Aunt and Uncle in their mountain cabin, Treetops. Bac and Don took good care of us and allowed Jo to give a talk via zoom at Saint Mary's University, and Liz to join a work meeting. They fed us well and were a supportive audience as we worked on our family musical revue.
Some sights along the drive led to some challenging but important conversations.
Next stop: Atlanta.
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