Today is the last day of 2012. I can’t believe this past year has gone by so fast! Last year I talked about how for 2012 I was not going to set expectations like I had for 2011, which I called the Year of Adventure. Well, I held true to that. I don’t believe in …
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We live in a culture of fear. It’s time to break those chains and enjoy life and see the good that is in the world.
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We had been looking forward to seeing the sea turtle release ever since I found out it was nesting season on Cozumel. This year has been extremely abundant which makes me very happy. Having seen green turtles in the water while snorkeling and diving, I have a great appreciation for their beauty and grace. There …
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For almost a decade I’ve been Death’s companion in some form, and for at least three decades I’ve been exposed to it in some intimate way. Nine years ago I began my “second career” training to become a healthcare chaplain and immediately knew I wanted to work with death and dying. Yes, I’m strange. I …
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What do you do when you discover your baby has only 2-3 years to live? Find out what the Ingram family chose.
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When we first arrived in South America, we figured we’d spend quite a bit of time exploring and living in the various countries. While we’ve enjoyed Colombia and especially Ecuador, we decided we were ready for a big change, and so the search began. I found some very good airfares from Colombia to Spain this …
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As Melissa prepares for a special trip with her daughter, a question was asked in a Facebook group we belong to that I found quite interesting: “Did you find you were happy with your life/job/home when you decided to travel or unhappy? In other words–were you making a major change because something was missing and …
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Around this time last year I wrote an article where I got personal and shared why I was looking forward, quite eagerly, to 2011. In that post I proclaimed 2011 to be the Year of Adventure. Did it live up to its name? Well, if you’ve been reading my posts before today you might have …
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Before we left the States to begin our new life, one of my minor concerns was how I would handle living long-term in third-world countries. I’ve visited them before, even spent 3 months in Ecuador, but there’s a big difference between spending a couple of weeks or months somewhere and living there for possibly years. …
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I’ve had to double check the math a few times just to make sure it was accurate because it just doesn’t seem like we’ve been gone for 6 months already. Partly because this lifestyle feels so natural to us that the transition has been surprisingly easy. As you probably know we began our new lifestyle …
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