The Diary of a Young Girl was the first coming-of-age story I’d ever read.
And it hit me hard for a number of reasons.
So, Anne Frank House was at the very top of my list of places to visit when we arrived in Amsterdam.
The house is the actual building where the Anne and her family — and four others — hid before they were betrayed and captured by the Nazis… CONTINUE READING >>
The Diary of a Young Girl was the first coming-of-age story I’d ever read.
And it hit me hard for a number of reasons.
So, Anne Frank House was at the very top of my list of places to visit when we arrived in Amsterdam.
The house is the actual building where the Anne and her family — and four others — hid before they were betrayed and captured by the Nazis… CONTINUE READING >>
The last task of raising a child is letting them go.
Allowing them to flap their cute little wings and fly… giving them a gentle nudge out of the nest to get them airborne.
OK, sometimes it’s more like a hard shove off a cliff… but then the harder transition from the parent-child to an adult-to-adult relationship must be made.
This process doesn’t happen overnight… CONTINUE READING >>
The last task of raising a child is letting them go.
Allowing them to flap their cute little wings and fly… giving them a gentle nudge out of the nest to get them airborne.
OK, sometimes it’s more like a hard shove off a cliff… but then the harder transition from the parent-child to an adult-to-adult relationship must be made.
This process doesn’t happen overnight… CONTINUE READING >>
For those of us who grew up in the “eat your vegetables, there are starving kids in China” era, visiting Beijing really seemed like a trip into a forbidden city. Back then the city was known… CONTINUE READING >>
For those of us who grew up in the “eat your vegetables, there are starving kids in China” era, visiting Beijing really seemed like a trip into a forbidden city. Back then the city was known… CONTINUE READING >>
We looked up the many definitions of “twerp” – including some seriously weird ones – trying to find how this fabulous city got its name.
Turns out the weirdest definition by far is the answer!
Join us in the land of severed hands, giants, odd stone lions, and incredible beer… CONTINUE READING >>
We looked up the many definitions of “twerp” – including some seriously weird ones – trying to find how this fabulous city got its name.
Turns out the weirdest definition by far is the answer!
Join us in the land of severed hands, giants, odd stone lions, and incredible beer… CONTINUE READING >>
We’re talking about the biggest freestanding mountain in the world, rising over nineteen thousand feet!Fantastic waterfalls, wonderful people, fascinating legends, vile brew, an unusual apology and a very amicable Plan B awaited us on the slopes of Kilimanjaro… CONTINUE READING >>
We’re talking about the biggest freestanding mountain in the world, rising over nineteen thousand feet!
Fantastic waterfalls, wonderful people, fascinating legends, vile brew, an unusual apology and a very amicable Plan B awaited us on the slopes of Kilimanjaro… CONTINUE READING >>
I stand corrected. I apologize, I couldn’t have been more wrong.
Moose exist.
It was less than a week upon our arrival in Anchorage, Alaska that I spied my first moose while traveling along the Seward Highway south of town.
AND he was swimming. I am now fully obsessed with moose, as demonstrated… CONTINUE READING >>
I stand corrected. I apologize, I couldn’t have been more wrong.
Moose exist.
It was less than a week upon our arrival in Anchorage, Alaska that I spied my first moose while traveling along the Seward Highway south of town.
AND he was swimming. I am now fully obsessed with moose, as demonstrated… CONTINUE READING >>
“Tell me why when a person says they enjoy the empty nest another person counters with – Oh, but I am close to my kids. ARGH”Receiving this sort of frustrated tweet is not uncommon for us, this one came while sitting with our morning coffee in a hotel cafe.
I had just returned from using the lobby bathroom where I overheard a cell phone conversation in the stall next to me.
Yes, I admit I was eavesdropping – but I have two lame excuses.
1) We had just… CONTINUE READING >>
“Tell me why when a person says they enjoy the empty nest another person counters with – Oh, but I am close to my kids. ARGH”
Receiving this sort of frustrated tweet is not uncommon for us, this one came while sitting with our morning coffee in a hotel cafe.
I had just returned from using the lobby bathroom where I overheard a cell phone conversation in the stall next to me.
Yes, I admit I was eavesdropping – but I have two lame excuses.
1) We had just… CONTINUE READING >>
