This past weekend, I got the first real break from the contact life in a year that coincided with a break from the kids! The reason: StarFest Denver.
Aside from the usual over-the-top fan costumes, vendors, events, and guest speakers, it was a weekend for connection. Not only was I busy volunteering with the staff, I was making new friends in the process, reconnecting with old friends, and having conversations of a rare depth with strangers about closely guarded things.
Three days seems like an eternity, but they flew by, and I'm better for it.