I still remember when I first got the email from one of my husband’s cousins about his grandmother’s upcoming birthday: “Nanny loves to travel. What if we give her a trip to Iceland for her birthday? And as many of us can go with her as possible!” The flurry of responses showed that we were all excited: that cousin’s sister, her mother, her uncle, and my husband and I all eventually signed up: a total of seven of us, including Nanny, were in.
At Nanny’s 75th birthday party, a true blowout bash with karaoke and tons of decorations, we wrapped an enormous box full of balloons and a little sign that said, “You’re going to Iceland!” To anyone…
