One Family. One Year. One Adventure.
We all walk this journey in life on our own paths. Some are tame, some are wild and some are pretty ordinary. And sometimes the paths we find ourselves on are not the path we imagined as a child. When we begin this world as little kids, the whole world is a fascination, something to […]
I had big plans for today. For months I envisioned all five of us packed into our Rav4 with a suitcase each, waving goodbye to our house with plans to only return to officially pack everything up in our POD around the closing date of our house sale. I had envisioned us clapping and singing in […]
As I pulled the covers up over my shoulders and turned to my husband to chat, I felt a wash of relief come over me. “We don’t have to push so hard to accomplish everything by June 1st do we?” “No,” he said. “This is supposed to be about reprioritizing our lives, not driving us crazy.” Up until […]
A few months ago we decided that our goal was to sell about 80% of what we own before we start our Gap Year because stuff drives us crazy. Besides clothes, books and two nice lamps, I’m pretty sure my husband and I could be minimalists. But our house doesn’t reflect that right now…with 3 […]
Nearly a decade ago my husband and I decided to leave a very comfortable life in search of a little adventure. We were musicians living and gigging in Chicago and had amassed quite a music teaching studio. Life was good. We walked to the grocery store. We took naps at random times during the day. […]