As I write this blog post, my sweet baby boy sleeps peacefully next to me. If I am completely honest though, I wasn’t always sure motherhood was the right path for me. In fact, for the majority of my life I was convinced that kids didn’t fit into my adventurous lifestyle. I believed that they…
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What Solo Travel Taught Me
When I was living in Valladolid for a year, I made a decision that forever changed my life path. I really wanted to travel on the weekends more, but my friends were very non-committal. In the new year, I made a promise to myself; I was going to have the best year ever. I was…
Challenging the “American Dream”
I think we can all agree that from the time we are children, we are sold the “American Dream”. Go to school, graduate, get a job in corporate America, find a partner, settle down, birth 3 children, buy a house with a white picket fence etc. But..what if ones dream looks nothing like that? What…
Where did it all begin?
When I was 25 years old, I had it all, or at least by society’s standards. I was in a happy, healthy relationship and we had built a home together. I had a stable job and was making more money than ever before. And yet, every now and again I’d walk out the front door…