Belize/Guatemala

In June 2018, James and I traveled to Belize with my brother and his family.  My sister-in-law crafted an awesome, kid-friendly itinerary for us, and we spent eight relaxing days exploring this amazing country. Check out the blogs below for specific recommendations from the cities we visited, and the video for clips from our adventures! […]

Pura Vida!

As many of you know, I’m an avid traveller, and have been trying to blog about my travels to help inform and inspire fellow travellers. I’ve been slacking on posting travel blogs, but am finally starting to catch up. Happy to report that the seven blogs/articles I’ve written on my Costa Rica trip have finally […]

Thank You, Obama

I’ve been on Team Obama for almost ten years, well before he won his first primary. I’ve read his books and followed his campaign and career very closely. I consider myself to be a pretty good judge of character, and I’ve never understood it when people professed that they “hated Obama.”  I mean, seriously, how […]

This is 40

On January 5th, I celebrated a milestone birthday — the big 4-0. If I’m blessed to live to eighty, half my life is officially behind me… which is deep when you sit down and think about it. So naturally I’ve been doing a lot of meditating about what it means to enter this new decade […]

Our Italian Honeymoon

In June 2014, James and I celebrated our foray into married life by taking an epic honeymoon.  For three weeks we traveled all over Italy (after a few days in Amsterdam), immersed in all things Italian.  This was a dream vacation for me, as I’ve always been a bit obsessed with Italy.  I love everything […]

Phyllis Estelle Garrard Lewis ~ In Memoriam

This past weekend, I gathered with family in Maryland to say goodbye to my dear mother-in-law, Phyllis Estelle Garrard Lewis.  It’s been a difficult couple of months for my husband and his family, as we braced ourselves for her passing, gathering to say our final goodbyes.  I will always cherish the memory of my last […]