Family Travel Life
With a quick hug and I love you, my son walked out the door. He has been back in our home for the past month, but it was time to head home to Madison.
It is strange, how you slowly get used to one more person in the house. The extra clothes lying around the house. The way the groceries disappear a little faster. The television constantly being on in one room or another. The extra loads of laundry needing to be done. Continue reading “Quiet”
I think at the beginning of the year, we all look at how we want our year to progress. We reflect back on the past year, what went well. What didn’t go so well? What did we learn?
Then, we use this information to look forward to our current year. Do I still want the same things this year as last? Why or why not? And am I on the right path to lead the life I want to be living.
I have a long list of things I would like to accomplish this year.
But in the end, what I really want is to live a life with more love and happiness. And to this end, I want to experience more things and have less stuff. Continue reading “Habits”
The last day of 2018
It is strange that it is already the last day of 2018. I guess the saying is true, “The days are long, but the years are short.”
Looking back at 2018, I guess the word I would use to describe it is change. The year was filled with joy, loss, new beginnings and the end of somethings.
We mostly spent the last two weeks playing in the ocean, hanging out at the pool, laughing with our children and reading a few good books. I am feeling remarkably rested.
I have no complaints.
Up Early again on the ship and we are pulling into our second port of the cruise. Yesterday we were in Aruba. Let me just say, there is nothing negative I can say about Aruba. It is just as beautiful as you imagine it would be. The water is incredibly blue and the beaches are pure white.
I am pretty sure I can see a coming back to spend a whole week on those beaches. May be some of the most beautiful beaches I have ever seen. And I heard there are more incredible beaches on the other side of the island. There just wasn’t enough time to explore the whole island.
The smiles on my kids faces as they saw the shores of Aruba will be ingrained in my mind forever. Continue reading “The Cruise Continues”
Sitting in the cafe of the cruise ship, an older women, all smiles walked by. When she passed I noticed the back of her shirt said, “Living my best life”.
I started to think about the phrase as I sat staring at the sign rise over the water. Am I doing this?
At this very moment, I couldn’t think of a better place to be. I am floating across the Caribbean sea on the way to Aruba. Honestly, life is pretty good right this moment. And in the spirit of living in the moment, yes I am living my best life. Continue reading “Living My Best Life”
As we were driving to the airport my son asked if I was in vacation mode yet. My husband answered that I would not be in vacation mode until after I made it through security at the airport, always a stress point for me.
I replied my brain went on vacation mode several days before. You know the feeling when you are at work and you start to daydream about sunny days at a beach. I would like to think I was productive my last few days at work, but I probably wasn’t.
Twenty-five years is a long time!
I can’t believe it has been 25 years since I married my college sweetheart. I can say it doesn’t seem like it was yesterday that we got married, but I can say the years have flown by.
What I am grateful for
I have been incredibly blessed in my life. I want to take a moment to say thanks for all I have been given.
The people in my life: Continue reading “Gratitude”
I love traveling.
I think it is because traveling gives us permission to explore. It gives us permission to ask questions. How often do we get to live in child-like wonder of the world? Where you can ask questions to strangers? The fun of travel is that we all live in the world of curiosity.