I am up at 4am. I have actually been up since the roosters started crowing at 3am but who’s really counting. Visiting Tikal, one of the most important Mayan sites, has been something I have wanted to do for quite…
Leaving for an indefinite journey around the world means, among other things, figuring out what to do with all the stuff one accumulates over the years. We decided to purge everything we possibly could and keep one box each of…
Michael Franti, my favorite musical artist, has a song entitled I’ll Be Waiting and it includes the line “The best things in life aren’t things/ they’re living and breathing.” How right he is. Recently, we did some serious living and…
Most people have had an urge to search deeper within themselves. Call it “finding yourself”; “facing your demons”; “holding up the mirror”…. call it whatever you like. The majority of people have, at one time or another, felt an urge…
Today, a woman got on the train with her little girl and a baby in a stroller. It was obvious that the woman was furious. She was screaming at and pushing the little girl. It was pretty obvious that she…
“Sometimes you reach a crossroads in your life,” Michael said as we sat around the dinner table that evening, “and you have to choose which way to turn.” – Changing Gears (pg. 236) No matter the path you choose, people who…
The flurry of getting everything ready to go for our July 15th departure date has kept us from posting anything to the blog lately. But recently, Aaron and I had an experience that pulled a major reason we are getting…
Ever since I tried on a pair of the Ahnu Women’s Karma Flat in a store, I have been wanting to get my hands on a pair for our upcoming journey. So when Ahnu offered to send me a pair to…
As tragedies are apt to do, the bombings at the Boston Marathon yesterday led to some serious conversations in homes across America. Ours was no different. Aaron and I both spend our days with young children so our knowledge of…
Many people are justifiably concerned about the cost of travel. With airlines piling fees upon travelers and the world economy in a questionable state, it is only logical that everyone is looking at their wallets and wondering if there is…