On beautiful snow days like we have had this past week, it doesn’t take much to take me back to the dusty heat of India. All of India captured my heart, but the backwaters of Kerala were like a dream. As a couple, my husband and I have only take two “real” vacations (our honeymoon […]
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The New Years Letter
Each year on my birthday I write myself (and sometimes Apollo) a letter. This year I was in India and wasn’t gifted the opportunity of time to craft this letter and I felt New Years Day was the PERFECT time to write a yearly letter. I am wishing you all a beautiful year ahead and […]
Balu Mama & The Scooter-bike
I like rules. I’m a huge fan of having structure and organization in my world, and was always the kid in the front of the classroom with highlighters and questions. I enjoy being the “good girl” and really thrive within deadlines and specific structure in my life. This isn’t to say that I don’t also […]
Moments
While we were at Thanksgiving this year, my aunt had asked us to come up with something we were thankful for to say at the dinner table. As with some family games, there were rules. We could not say that we were thankful for our family, shelter or our jobs. In other words, we needed […]
India…. The Mother Land
It hasn’t even been a week since I have been sleeping in the comfort of my own bed, and yet I feel as though a lifetime has passed since my bare feet were touching the mother land. Traveling to India broke open my heart and my soul. It tore me into beautiful pieces and showed […]