Setting: Drew and G in the car, driving home from confession.
G: Why aren't you going away, Daddy, and Mama staying home?
D: Well, Daddy thought this would be a good opportunity for Mama, and I encouraged her to go.
G: We're used to you going away [on business trips]. It'd be a lot easier on everybody if Mama stayed home and you went away on this trip. I mean 3 weeks is a lot longer than Mama going to a doctor's appt. I don't think the little ones are going to understand.
