When we first announced to friends that we were embarking on a month-long family road trip, most had the same reaction: “31 days in a car with two kids?!” Admittedly, we also questioned whether we could do it. But for my wife and me, sharing moments with our two children trumps other activities, so the opportunity to use our time off to help them build new memories was a no-brainer. My wife has often referred to our 6,395-mile journey as our...

Today on my Facebook page, I was surprised to find an ad from Publisher’s Clearing House. Now I remember as a child all the fun I used to have reviewing all of the stamps from the various magazines they were selling, my mother always turning over the entries to me to ensure that we actually got our names entered into the sweepstakes drawing. (Of course, since we never did win, perhaps I wasn’t the one to be completing the forms!) Isn’t...