Christ Follower. Wife. Mama. Adventurer.
Since we’ve returned from Asia, I’ve had several people say something to me along these lines: “That trip looked incredible, it’s too bad your kids weren’t a couple of years older so they could get something out of it.” I’ve thought about these comments for a while. “Did we waste an opportunity? Should we have…
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What’s the biggest mistake you can make when planning your Disney vacation? That’s easy: not taking advantage of Disney’s FastPass system. In fact, if you don’t utilize it correctly I can tell you right now which attractions you will have to miss out on. What is a FastPass you ask? Well, basically you reserve a…
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Honesty is the best policy, right? So let me start out with an honest confession: I’m not a light packer. I don’t think I’ll ever make it into that classification. I do however think I’ve finally moved out of the over-packer column. So hey, that’s progress. Because we travel so often I’ve had a lot…
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They say hindsight is 20/20. How different would my life look if I had a little crystal ball that let me peek into the future? How would my days change? We all get the same amount of hours each day and countless times I’ve laid in bed and wondered if I’ve made my hours count.…
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Every trip we take pushes me to grow in some way. Sometimes it’s a little, and then sometimes it’s a lot. Sometimes it’s in ways I expect, and then other times, I don’t see it coming. Sometimes it’s in the views at the top of the mountains and sometimes it’s when I’m down in the…
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You guys remember that show FearFactor? I’m pretty sure I could have won it. I’ve never had any ‘real fears.’ Get in a bucket with snakes? spiders? If the price was right, sure. Jump off the tallest building? Sure. I’d ride anything, go anywhere, jump off or out of anything, I’d pretty much try anything…
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This isn’t the first time we’ve had a trip hijacked by the weather. If you remember, we spent a week water-logged in the Caribbean this past fall. I’ll be honest, when the weather forecast showed rain for the week of our most recent beach trip, we debated canceling our trip. In the end, we decided…
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We all know that social media can be deceiving. It shows polished photos and smiling faces, and not the 104 out-takes that consisted of tears, hair pulling, and blinking eyes to get that shot. Or maybe that’s just us. I didn’t create this space solely to encourage people to travel but to also make the…
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“20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do, than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” {Mark Twain} Last month Jimmy and I took the kids on a completely…
Read MoreOne of the reasons we like to travel locally and globally is to expand our kids’ viewfinder. It seems easier, at times, to do this when we are traveling. Taking them to environments and cultures that are different from theirs naturally expands their awareness. When I walked the trash covered streets in Haiti and saw…
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