Minor Issues: When The Best Holiday Is An Uneventful One

“It is a relief to be able to type: We survived a two-week holiday overseas with no major incidents. (Would you count a second broken luggage wheel and a downpour that ended our visit to a farmers’ market before it began? I wouldn’t.)

Because of my oldest daughter’s autism and epilepsy, “major incident” has a different meaning to me than it might to others. It also turns on its head a large part of many people’s holiday experience – looking forward to a trip.

What is the opposite of that, vacation apprehension? That was it. Anxiety. When asked, I told some friends I felt frightened.” – The Straits Times

Read the full article at The Straits Times:  https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/minor-issues-when-the-best-holiday-is-an-uneventful-one