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Blog Post - Informative

To be honest, when we had children I thought our days of jetting around the world were over. Add in some postpartum anxiety and the idea of traveling just a state away just seemed impossible. It was only because we moved overseas for my husband’s work that we were forced into bringing our children to places I never would have dreamed: Eating waffles and fries in Bruges. Climbing the Eiffel Tower. Taking a cooking class in an Italian woman’s home. Watching a leopard in a tree on safari. Every single one of these experiences was challenging but completely worth it.

[…] soon after arriving at our brand new home in Germany, we were forced to evacuate our home as the city disarmed a World War II bomb. We had 48 hours to plan a weekend away with two kids under two and a dog. Talk about stressful! But you know what? It taught me that it’s completely possible to travel with your kids. That weekend led to another weekend, and then another. And we worked our way up to longer trips, until the kids were pros and the diaper bag became a thing of the past. 

Magazine Publication

“Lake Elmenteita in the Great Rift Valley of central Kenya is known to be the some- times-home to a migrating flock of flamingos. Restless from recent COVID-19 lockdowns and hoping to see a few hundred birds, my friends and I set out for an overnight trip from Nairobi in April.

As we exited the highway and saw the whole rim of the lake was colored pink, we realized we were coming upon something truly spectacular: It was estimated that a million or more flamingos were on the lake that weekend. We stood mesmerized for hours as the flamboyance of flamingos swelled and shifted around us in the shallow alkaline lake, with small groups of birds taking flight through the mist and the cacophony of their calls immersing us fully in the dream- like scene.”

Blog Post - Article

As I watched my kids dig in the dirt, unearthing the bones of some poor zebra, who had likely been consumed by lions in this very spot, I couldn’t help but reflect on all the places these little people have been. They have stood on the hallowed ground of ancient churches and seen views from the the tops of buildings that some people only dream of visiting someday. They’ve walked with Maasai warriors and visited children who have no toys to call their own. They’ve made gnocci with an old italian woman in Tuscany and their collection of seashells comes from beaches on three continents.

All of these experiences can be traced back to one question - “what if.”