MFP 193: How to Vacation
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page." – Augustine of Hippo
We want our community of messy families to be above average. Intentional. Vibrant. Better than all the rest. One way to do that is to be very thoughtful about how you spend your leisure time with your family this summer. Every family and every trip is different, but no matter what the length is or where you go, families should be sure to make the most of their time with their children. Vacations strengthen your family culture, help you and your children grow personally, and are good for mental health! But this will only happen if you are sure to define your "why" and then make a simple, flexible plan. Listen in to this podcast when we share some of our vacation experiences and give some tips and tricks for making the most of this special time with your family.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the messy family podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family. |
| 0:10.0 | Hosted by our parents, Mike Hernan and Alicia Hornin. |
| 0:15.0 | They're pretty awesome, but they're not experts. |
| 0:18.0 | Because family life is really messy. |
| 0:25.2 | Hello, messy families. |
| 0:28.4 | It is so good to be with you again today. |
| 0:30.2 | Thanks for letting us into your life. |
| 0:36.7 | Whether you're listening in the car while doing chores, just hanging around, having a good time. Whether you're packing to go on vacation. That's right. |
| 0:38.5 | Or you're running around like a crazy person, which is what I usually do when we're getting |
| 0:42.0 | ready to go on vacation. And that's what we're going to talk about today. That's right. And I think |
| 0:46.0 | this is a good, a good topic, very timely topic for us. Yeah, you know, it's like when the weather |
| 0:52.6 | starts changing, I mean, here in Ohio, |
| 0:55.2 | as soon as it starts to feel like warm, there's something in me that's like, get on the road, |
| 1:00.3 | time for travel. |
| 1:01.5 | Go, go, go, go. |
| 1:01.7 | Exactly. |
| 1:02.5 | Like the open road is calling. |
| 1:04.5 | And don't look at your calendar, but I'm declaring it's summer. |
| 1:08.4 | Okay? So pay no attention to the calendar wizards who made that up because do you, I think there |
| 1:14.5 | is like that for me there's a switch that happens. |
| 1:16.7 | Yeah. |
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