In 2009, I read the blog of an English family with four children who sold their home, converted a bus into a motor home, and traveled around Europe for two years. Their blog was called Welcome to the World and they were the most open, friendly people I had ever read about. Oh, and did I tell you they all play music together, like the Partridge family? They are an amazing family. So I emailed them. The mom Manny emailed me back and immediately invited me to meet them in their new home in France. Happily, I already had plans to go to France, so I met them in April. Before that, we continued our email correspondence and I learned they were planning to make a film in July. Yep, that's right, they were going to make a film, a feature film, not that they had ever made a film before. The dad Joe is a lighting designer and had been around filmmakers, and Manny is an actor and singer. So Joe wrote the screenplay and directed. Manny produced and held the lead role. The two youngest children acted and the two older were the sound recordist and music director. And I wanted to help them with their film. I offered my help, they said yes. So in the summer of 2009, I was the script supervisor, continuity girl and still photographer in the film If You Ever Get to Heaven. It's a road movie that takes place along the Camino de Santiago, so we camped throughout France and Spain. Production lasted a month with a international cast and crew. It was the hardest I have ever worked. And this family? They are the most creative, multi-talented people I know. They did it! It's a sweet film. And I have the privilege of knowing them.