10 Things I've Learned From Traveling the World That I Want to Teach My Kids
I just hit country number thirty-something on a clockwise road trip through Morocco — Chefchaouen's blue walls, Fez's tanneries, a Sahara sunset, a very stubborn tourist who wouldn't take help. Along the way, ten lessons kept showing up that I want to pass down to my daughters, whether we're on the other side of the world or three blocks from home.
Moab and the Voice of ancient Gods
Moab. The name itself emits a deep tone — like an ancient god whose voice still rumbles the valleys. Under a Super Flower Moon and against burnt red canyon walls, the desert reminded me that we're made of stardust, that we are very small, and that nature will tell us what we need if we sit still long enough to hear it.
Me, Myself & Ireland
The original fear I had in Cuba that I wouldn't have anyone to share the experiences with had now flipped and I was cherishing moments that were for me, myself and Ireland
Life comes in Waves
I'll be honest. I didn't know what to say. My heart broke for her. She cried about having to have moved four times in her first six years of life.
A head full of Clouds
On a dock in Belize, the sun setting behind me, the clouds turned into the cast of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. A lioness, an elephant, a turtle becoming a dog. A shooting star for the encore. A reminder to look up — and to see the world the way my daughters do.
Havana Panorama - A Cuban Experience
There is a quote by Anthony Bourdain that I believe in deeply. "Travel is not a reward for working. It is an education in living." It had been nearly a decade since the idea had rung true for me and now I was back to where I was meant to be.