Category: reflections

Photo courtesy of Stuart Seeger via Flickr.In just a few days, I’ll be boarding a plane to Phoenix to kick off my first trip ever...

I originally didn’t really think about visiting the World of Coca-Cola during my weekend in Atlanta. It just didn’t jump out at me as a...

If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you likely saw that I recently attended (and spoke at and helped plan!) the inaugural Women in...

Coloured Canyon about an hour outside of DahabLocated on the Red Sea in the Sinai Peninsula, Dahab is known as a great place for snorkeling...

I ran my first marathon in 2008. It was more than 80 degrees and I felt like I might die. I struggled just to make...

 Happy holidays! I used to send out Christmas cards and a Christmas letter every year. It was a tradition I loved as much as receiving cards...

View of Cairo from my hotel roomAfter spending my first few days in Cairo on my own, I finally met up with my tour group...

Do you believe in luck?I have heard some people say that they don’t – that everything they have, they earned themselves through hard work. If...

The longer I’ve been home after my 13 month journey through the former Soviet Union, the more I’ve been thinking about the places I want...

As I traveled through the former Soviet Union on my career break, I didn’t just write blog posts; I kept a journal as well. I...