Shari Fox

Shari Fox lives and writes in Champaign, Illinois. She is a philanthropic advisor and nonprofit consultant, helping individuals and families make meaningful change in the world.

Someday We’ll Be Someplace Else

The family cruise had been Aunt Jane’s idea. Always the organizer, she sent a group text with a link to the cruise line’s website and a caption that read, “Kleinfelters Take to the Seas!” One month later, a gaggle of family and I were booking our passage on the Festivities II for a five-day Caribbean cruise. Including spouses, partners, and kids, there were twenty of us. My sister Lizzie, four years older, had volunteered to design reunion T-shirts