Amy Welborn’s made a book out of her trip to Sicily with her young kids, not long after her husband died. She blogged about it back at the time, with wonderful (and moving and uplifting) pictures and stories.
If you’ve ever wondered how a mere American mom could possibly negotiate tiny cliff’s edge roads in a little Italian car, her blog then explained it. And I bet her book will be even better!
Amy doesn’t regard her kids as a nuisance or as pinnacles of natural perfection. She treats them like kids, and expects them to behave, pay attention to new experiences, learn, and have a good time in Europe. And they do. So you might get some helpful ideas on how to travel with kids, too.
Here’s Amy’s current blog, Charlotte Was Both. She also has a travel blog. Previously, she blogged at several other blogs, but primarily Open Book and In Between Naps. Her husband, Michael Dubruiel, blogged at Annunciations.
For those who don’t know the story, Amy’s husband just up and died one day, not long after they moved down from Indiana to Birmingham, Alabama. He was a healthy middle-aged man and a popular Catholic blogger and writer, and it pulled the rug out from everybody. Amy had to deal with it; her kids had to deal with it; they all had to deal with each other. So this is a book dealing with plenty of heavy stuff, while trying to give herself and her kids some joy.
It’s coming out February 7, 2012, in trade paperback and in (slightly cheaper) Kindle format.
It’s called Wish You Were Here: Travels in Loss and Hope. Be looking forward to it!
Amazon page for Welborn and Dubruiel. You can also buy books through Amy’s blog, to give her added cash!
