This week Ron and the kids are officially Italian Citizens and have Italian Passports in hand. I have been recognized as being married to an Italian Citizen, although I had a hunch about that before …
Gladiator School ~ Ancient Rome Revisited
“Brothers, what we do in life echoes in eternity.” (Maximus, The Gladiator) We covered the history of the church in Rome. We covered architectural marvels such at the Pantheon and the Colosseum. We …
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What Motherhood And Rites of Passage Have in Common
As we launched our canoes on Lac de Chalain in the late afternoon, a thick milky veil clouded my vision. How did we end up here, in this perfect moment, on this perfect day? We never planned to come …
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Paris: Go Deep or Go Wide?
“Not everything can be important, and not always,” I said. “That would be awful.” ~ Pascal Mercier When we sat down to make our list of “Things to Do” in Paris, the conversation ended with everyone …
A Memorable Memorial Day in Normandy, France
It wasn’t exactly despair they were feeling; it was more like a refusal to understand, the stupor you feel when you’re dreaming, when the veil of sleep is about to lift, when you can feel the dawn …
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Camping in Paris?
When I conjured up images of wandering the streets of Paris with my children, we were always resting our weary feet in a beautiful apartment in the 1st Arrondissement. I imagined strolls along the …
