The time has come to zip up our bags for the last time. I think back to a year ago when I was sitting comfortably on what now seems so utterly foreign and luxurious… carpet. If I could bend time and revisit that moment with myself, I’d have a lot to share.

As we slipped away from our American home and life, we also slipped away from the American custom of shaming boobs into privacy.

We’ve explored eleven countries, each of which has broadened our worldview and offered us practice in both grit and letting go. We’ve seen some of the rarest and most elusive sites this planet has to offer and in doing so, we’ve discovered equally unchartered territories within ourselves.

Could it possibly be true that travelling itself was not enough to turn me into a relaxed, better looking, creative, always-happy person? Darn you Instagram, you lied to me!

As our farewell safari in Kruger National Park commenced, Villem announced that he had something very exciting to show us.

There is an imagination and creativity exclusive to childhood. Grace and William, now eleven and nine, still see the world from this lens and therefore have been witnessing Madagascar in their own special way.

In an English lesson, “I am” is a full sentence.

Last weekend we gathered with family, friends, and colleagues for a collective goodbye celebration.

We recognize our dream comes with a hefty price tag. We also appreciate the wisdom from our dear friend’s late father: you ain’t never seen a hearse with a trailer.

5th Grade TedEd Talk, May 2023

Many of the theoretical tasks are now very real.

I swear the bay was humming us a lullaby was we drifted to dreams that night. I remember thinking, “this is the work of a thin place”. But is it?

There’s no one “right way” to book flights around the world.

With our RTW trip just a stone’s throw into the future, the nectar has taken on a new flavor.

When the kids were 3 and 5, we felt a strong pull to pack up their stuffed animals & stickers and fly to Colombia for three weeks of adventuring. Our idea was met with predictable trepidation