It’s taken me some time to learn but I now know exactly what to do. Stay. Out. Of. The. Way.
The length of the trip does not matter. My man-brain defaults to simplicity and allows me to pack in a few minutes with minimal thought and no stress. That is not true for Kerri. For her, packing takes weeks. Weeks. She suffers. She angsts. She frets. She loses sleep. In fact, it is common for us to complete the trip, be home unpacking – and she will continue to roll doubt through her choices. “Oh, I should have taken…”
The worst thing I can do is try to help. The second worst thing I can do is to finish packing before she zips her bag. So, while she climbs this mountain, fords this river, bears this burden…I will remain unhelpful, purposefully scarce, eerily quiet and strategically unpacked, yet I will live to travel another day.
read Kerri’s blogpost about PACKING
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The Direction of Intention 
[…] read DAVID’s thoughts this SATURDAY MORNING […]
Brenda is EXACTLY the same way! Got back from our mini-vacation, and I’ll stay out of her way while she unpacks.
On our journey we met a great Liberal (an artist) named Wayne Porter of Porter Sculpture Park near Montrose, SD (alongside Interstate 90). The humor and genius is FANTASTIC! What a great time!
Hoping all is well w/you three!
-Cris