In early September, during our visit to Disneyland with my parents, we were all sitting on the Disneyland train that goes around the park. I was feeling nostalgic as the conductor yelled, “ALL Aboard” …
Spreading Your Wings
I finally understand what is meant by “life is not about the destination, but the journey.” It almost sounded cliché to me until I began this journey around the globe with eight and 10-year-old boys. …
Looking Up Through Rose Colored Glasses
When I was in elementary school, every morning at 6 AM, I would wander from my bed sleepily to the front porch to check the weather for the day. Some days it was eminently clear what the day would …
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Have You Ever Thought of Running Away?
“If you run away, you take yourself with you.” I heard it a hundred times growing up. It was sound advice, but still I ran. I ran to Australia as an exchange student and I spent a year a hemisphere …
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Definite Uncertainty
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. ~ Helen Keller I have noticed a pattern over the past year. Have you ever taken your child to the doctor’s office after days of …
Hurry Up And Slow Down
Since the day we decided we wanted to forgo the American dream and pursue a life of slow travel with our three children, my husband and I have been two ships passing in the night. We tell each other …
