The Virgin Atlantic flight is delayed and we sit looking at the kids as they read their magazines and play their games and we ask, How the Hell Did We Get Here?
The road to international expansion is one you have to want, no desire, because it is made difficult, even by the friendly countries. From school applications to the VISA process, you are confronted with a never ending list of documentation requirements that they seem to expect you to have on hand including such items as a Marriage Certificate, excess passport photos, teacher recommendations going back to Kindergarten and everything in triplicate. And on a Sunday. You feel like a contestant on “Let’s Make a Deal” where they’re trying to see what oddity you might be carrying. “If only I had that extra hard-boiled egg in my inside jacket pocket.”
But after completing this endurance test you realize that everyone who told you this is the best thing for your family doesn’t know any better than you how it’s all gonna turn out. But now you’re doing it and the kids are following their parents, but with a look of skepticism well beyond their years. A look I didn’t think we’d see until well into high school.
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