Coping When One Parent Travels

It isn't easy for anyone when one parent is on the road. (Photo by Stacy Michelle, Flickr.)

There’s nothing quite like a business trip to upset the delicate balance of a family’s ecosystem, but there are ways to cope when mom or dad leaves the family behind for a few days.

From Here to There: Home, Sick

Credit: Bernice Hatch

Emmeline came down with a sore throat and a cough just before the holiday, curtailing our travel East. I fell victim soon after I finished roasting the turkey, and it wasn’t until I collapsed on the sofa after dinner that I really missed seeing my family on Thanksgiving.