Nevermind. I missed the “read more” part of the article. Duh.
It all sounds very overwrought, but putting aside her self-actualization claptrap, she went on some trips. Okay, they were “special” trips, but she could have gone to Mount Airy for the Andy Griffith Festival or to visit her mother in Florida.
I “abandoned” six children (with their father and grandfather) and went to Europe with my mother for a week in 2002. And just last summer, I went to Mint Hill, NC, all by myself for a weekend. Shoot me.