Status Updates From 2,000 Miles Together: The S...

I'm glad that they can can look back in everything with realistic gratitude. You don't have to love every minute of a memory, but it's healthy to understand that it had an effect on your current self and how.

What an accomplishment. At this point I've no witty remarks or analysis, just...admiration. For a family, let alone one as large as theirs, to accomplish such a feat is something I have a lot of respect for.

I had no idea that my own words from earlier would so closely mimic Ben's near the end of this tale of his family's journey. They truly had a once in a lifetime experience.

What is there to be said at this point. I think I've said it all. At this point, I find myself in awe and a little jealous of all that this family went through together at this point. I'm sure some wonder what there would be to be jealous of on the hard days, the bad parts. What they received from the trail was much greater in value than what was taken by it.