You Might be a Parent going on a PVT if…

You might be a parent preparing for a ParentVisionTrip if:

• The knots in your stomach have turned to butterflies.
• You have a long, long list of items to bring, from your racer and the team.
• You wonder how you can fit said list AND your own stuff into one carry on.
• You consider wearing the same thing for a week in order to do so.
• You can’t wait to meet the racer who wanted twisted bbq Fritos.
• Or the one who wanted Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
• You wish those items didn’t take up so much space.
• You consider popping the airtight seals to make them fit.
• You decide you can take less just to see their smiles.
• You pray diligently that your body will adjust to whatever the sleeping arrangements are, and whatever the walking arrangements are.
• You hope that AIM considered an over 50 body doesn’t bend like it used to.
• This keeps you awake at night.
• You decide to take extra advil…just in case.
• You make room for it in your carry on, beside the chic-fil-a sauce.
• You pray that you will recognize your racer.
• You worry that you won’t.
• You liked him/her the way he/she was before he/she left.
• You trust that God will have done amazing things.
• You hope that you are not too far behind them spiritually now.
• You feel a growth spurt coming on.
• You dream of a long-slow-motion-run-into-each-others-arms hug at the airport.
• It makes you cry just to think of it.
• You wonder how to prepare your heart for this adventure.
• Suddenly packing seems like the easy part.
• You are nervous about leaving your comfort zone.
• You leave it anyway.
• You realize God used your racer as bait… and you took it.
• You’ve been tricked.
• You laugh at God’s follow-your-kid-anywhere-they-go strategy.
• It has been his strategy for years.
• It works. Every. Time.