"I'm glad we were here together in our nation's capital." - Forrest Gump (1994) Forrest Gump is one of my all time favorite movies, so each and every time Andrew and I visit D.C. we never miss the opportunity to say this quote! The first time we quoted this was on our honeymoon in 2013, [...]
"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." - Marcus Garvey A few years ago we flew to Norfolk to begin a week-long trip exploring the western coast of Virginia. We began this trip by staying with a childhood friend of Andrew’s who was stationed [...]
"I could never stay long enough on the shore; the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air was like a cool, quieting thought." - Helen Keller This past weekend, a much needed getaway with friends was spent in Naples, Florida. Not to be confused with Naples, Italy where we will be visiting this [...]
Pono: the Hawaiian word for the feeling of contentment when all is good and all is right. A perfect explanation of the moment we reached the peak of Diamond Head Volcano. What brought us to Honolulu, Hawaii you ask? Andrew had a presentation that was accepted for a counseling conference that was being hosted at [...]
