Bob says we should do parent-child retreat. I'm like what are you smoking?

You want me babysit entire families in woods where they can't escape when kids lose their minds at midnight? I barely survive Sunday mornings when parents dump kids and run.

Pastor gets sad eyes. Committee starts planning. Great. No sleep for six months.

Tonight we're talking about retreat disasters. How fancy places cost mortgage payments. Why weather hates church events. What happens when you trap families together without WiFi.

Also food that tastes terrible. Parents going through phone withdrawal. Kids complaining about missing TikTok. And somehow watching Dave play catch with his son for first time ever.

Turns out family retreats are completely nuts but also kinda magical when people remember they like each other.

For anyone whose committee volunteers them for impossible stuff, leaders who've survived family chaos in wilderness, and people wondering if trapping families together actually works. 
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