Traveling Light

I guess my favorite food on the entire planet is a juicy, ripe tomato freshly picked from the garden. I’m happy as a lark with that tomato in one hand and a salt shaker in the other. There’s a farmer in our little country church who blesses me with an abundance of tomatoes each year when the...

A few days ago, I sat in the playroom floor stacking blocks with my beautiful (and dare I say perfect) granddaughter, Rayleigh. What a princess she is! My heart overflows with love every time I look at her.Rayleigh’s two-year-old imagination creates all sorts of games we enjoy together. We cook, tend to the babies, sing, and have...

I’ve been quiet. Silent, really - only sporadically present on social media for months now. What is there to say? What does a travel blogger post when everything in the travel industry comes to a screeching halt like it has done in 2020? It would seem almost cruel to tell you of our wonderful adventures to places...

A few months ago, I attended the funeral service of a family member – a teenager – who was well and full of life one minute and gone the next in a tragic four-wheeler accident. The death of someone so young is not something that seems fair or normal. It is devastating and difficult to comprehend. As a mother, I cannot imagine...

I am a sprinter. And before anyone who knows me well interrupts with raucous laughter, I will clarify. I am speaking only figuratively and only with regard to life’s tasks and challenges. I am the type of person who can accomplish a tremendous amount of work in a very short amount of time with a sudden burst of energy...

Recently someone gave me a greeting card that was meant to represent a small milestone in my life – one more year with the company where I work. The message on the front of that little card resonated so within my heart that I put a picture of it on my office wall.  Some people seem to breeze through all...