I stared out the plane window into the heart of Port Au Prince, Haiti. As I stared at the buildings, my mind flooded back to the trip to India when I was seven and the many mission trips we had been on to Romania. I was thankful for having … Continued
I think it’s rare in this world to feel so purely at home in somewhere across the globe from where you were born. I think it’s rare, and I also think it’s remarkable. The small city of Granada, Spain evokes that feeling of home so deep inside myself that I can’t separate my soul from … Continued
“You know you can come home.” “Thanks, Dad.” “Really. You can always come back here. Regroup. Go out again when you feel ready.” “Dad. There’s nothing for me at home.” I said the word home because, to my dad, home meant Utah. To me, I still hadn’t found my definition of home yet. Home felt … Continued
“Heaven”—is what I cannot reach! Heaven is something which can’t work on expression It is something which is not making enemies It means we have to work in all seasons It is the work in which we have to work in a nice vision And not thinking like putting in everyone mind our impression It’s … Continued
We all know them. Those people that say, “I’ll do it when…..” fill in the blank. When I have more money. When my kids are grown. When I have more time. When I am older. And that phenomenal thing called time occurs and suddenly it is too late and all we have is “I wish … Continued
Braving the Snow Drifts of Watson Lake Canada By Jennifer Calvin The beautiful scenery of Watson Lake in the Yukon Territory of Canada was hidden beneath the quiet blanket of whispery snow. My mother and I had awoken to the snow blinding whiteness. It was early October and very near the point … Continued
There are those who are pessimists by blood and wanderers by spirit. To be both, you must be brave, and to be neither, you must be strong-willed. I am neither and both, but I am invisible. Exclusively, I divined in the peacefulness of sitting beneath a tabletop and writing endless stories of characters that enabled … Continued
Carry-On/Carry On by Sarah Vedomske 49 pounds of cotton and denim–that is what my checked bag, my Normal People Luggage, holds. It is a selection of clothing I’ve pained over for weeks, whittling down, rolling tighter and tighter like burritos, rearranging so every last gap is filled like a game of Tetris. I wheel … Continued
One of the reasons for selecting Thailand as a vacation destination was my desire to interact with elephants. I was told that Thailand was the place to experience them, and I even joked that I was looking forward to spending time with an animal I wasn’t too fat to ride. But when an … Continued
First Time Bed and Breakfast in Scotland Well, because we’re not a hotel – and you’ve never B & B’d, here’s some tips when you’re in Scotland that will help you to succeed. And the first thing you must understand, no matter where you roam, there’s a fundamental difference between a HOTEL AND … Continued