Traveling is the Best Teacher — Everyone has an idea that world schooling begins with travel. It doesn’t. World schooling starts with a mindset. It is born through a love of travel and learning from and about the world, and it knows that the world and the people in it are our best teachers. Once you…

But I can (mostly) deal with it — I was seven years old and got separated from my mother in a grocery store. I wasn’t scared, but I wanted to find her. I retraced our steps. No luck. I scanned the women in all the aisles. I peered at all the people in the checkout lines, but I…

One set of details about me — One’s journey isn’t always down a clear path. Just promise you’ll keep going. -Jessie Jones I was 19 still nominally living in my parent’s house. I spent as many nights as I could “else place” as my middle son calls any place which isn’t here. In fact, on many occasions…

The lies we tell ourselves. — “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” -Confucius Deciding to become a nomad family wasn’t really that hard. We love traveling and seeing new places. We made a plan and moved toward our goal. I managed to give away, donate, recycle, or discard a ton…

What happens when you go check in on your addiction — Last month, I decided to admit my addiction to statistics and to go cold turkey and not look at them for a month. It was hard. Really hard. Each time I logged in to read or write, there was that button tempting me to check them. Did I have new…

the pink moon — autumn starts with red edges creeping inward toward the center of the leaves imperceptible unless the light catches them until they catch fire turning brilliant and unmistakable spring comes from the middle from the branches’ bulging buds turning red with rising sap until they burst out green flowers flattening into…

Stay for free around the world! — I am currently sitting in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. (Yes, by choice!) Actually, I am in a suburb just outside of Cleveland, but that’s splitting hairs. I’m in a 4-bedroom, 3-bathroom house with the use of a washer and a dryer, a dishwasher, and great internet. Oh, and the cost of…

in your time — you were small for a baby staring wide-eyed at me growing fat slowly on milk and love opening your world to me you were never empty waiting to be filled you were there all along waiting for me to discover your truth I’ve been trying to write a poem a…

Pack the Kid’s Stuff Last — I’ve been spending a ridiculous amount of time packing. Literally picking up every single thing I own and deciding if I want to keep it, give it away, or donate it. So. Many. Things. So. Many. Decisions. By this coming Saturday, 80% of all the things in the house need…