For two decades Doug was the only one in our family that had a passport. He first needed one when he worked at Group Dekko as he frequently had to cross the border from their plant in El Paso to Juarez, Mexico. Grabill and Renegade did not require Doug to travel much, but he still kept it renewed just in case. When he was hired by Champion this spring he found out that the board of directors were situated in Toronto and had frequent board meetings there. He hadn't used his passport in such a long time, he wasn't quite sure where he placed. Thankfully, he found it just before it expired in May and once again he headed to the post office to renew it.
Before Jeanette died she had recommended that we get passports for all of our family. She said that we would never know when we would need them, so why not have them. We looked into it at the time, but the cost of six passports made me shy away from following up on her suggestion. Once Doug got his renewed and I saw how easy it really was, however, I decided that it was time. Cal had mentioned to me this summer that during the 4th year of his 3/2 MBA program that he would have to spend eight weeks in Romania. Although not overly enthusiastic about it, he did seem more interested in the trip once Hannah-Marie showed him the pictures of the top ten sites to visit in Romania, especially since all of them were outdoors.
Thus, this afternoon Cal and I made a trip to the post office to apply for the first ever Heinisch child passport. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be and within twenty minutes we were finished with a complete application on the way to the Department of State. There were no bells or whistles when we walked out the door, but I was excited for him considering of all of the places that he could now visit. I also knew that Jeanette would be proud of me. I talked the most reluctant traveler in the Heinisch family to dream about adventure.
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