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As a travel writer, I consider myself a vacation expert — which means I like to be in control when planning family trips.However, as the self-appointed trip director, I find the self-inflicted pressure to curate the perfect trip can get overwhelming.For a recent family vacation, though, my father-in-law did the…

I have been married three times. I have been divorced three times. And now, I have gracefully bowed out of dating or the thought of remarrying.I learned from each of my marriages: Patience, forgiveness, self-reliance, and how to pack a moving van.After decades of hopefully and stubbornly clinging to the…