I love the summer. So much time to do activities. Genuinely, I have planned a whole summer bucket list to complete. With you, of course — there is no doing this without you. And I am so excited.

“Are you ready?!” I call to you, my voice reverberating throughout the house. I drag my luggage into the kitchen. We are about to leave for our destination: my parents’ house in Denver, Colorado. Not a bucket list item, but… unavoidable either way.