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A Road Without Obstacles is not Worth Traveling
Yesterday I was handed the best letter I have ever received. I was at St. Monica's Home for Girls for the first time. Earlier in the day, I had met...
Read More12 Days of Giving: The Gift of Sleep
This is the fourth in our special “12 Days of Giving” series running for the holiday season. It’s a little different from what you might think of as traditional presents...
Read More12 Days of Giving: The Gift of Happiness
This is the third in our special “12 Days of Giving” series running for the holiday season. It’s a little different from what you might think of as traditional presents...
Read MoreDear Hotels: Stop with the bottled water!
I have a message for hotels: please, please, STOP with the endless disposable bottles of water that you insist on providing to guests daily. This is one area where the...
Read MoreLetting go of your kids
When I divorced the father of my three kids and was granted full custody after a hellish, drama-filled year in court, I consciously crafted a life for the kids and...
Read MoreVolunteering and Going on Safari in Tanzania
In 2012, Keith and I took an amazing trip to Kenya and Tanzania. While we were there, we were lucky enough to be able to go on safari, and some...
Read MorePassports with Purpose
Passports with Purpose, the travel blogging fundraiser, is raising money now through December 17, 2014 to help farmers in Honduras with Sustainable Harvest International (SHI). For $10 a try you can...
Read MoreTravel Changes Everything: Giving Girls the Gift of Seeing the World
“Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard It’s literally the ticket...
Read MoreBringing Education, and Hope, to Cambodia’s Children
My "Trading Places" stories usually have to do with me experiencing life in another place. Today, however, I would like to reverse that and share the Trading Places story of...
Read MoreTop 5 Reasons to Volunteer on your Travels
This Sunday, I set out for my seventh trip to India, each of which has included a week's stay at a children's home in the northeastern state of Odisha. In...
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