In every house I lived in growing up, we always had this picture on the wall. It was the poem “Footprints in the Sand”. You may already been familiar with it. It was something I saw every day. It was a photo of a pristine beach with one set of…

I fell in love with the idea of travelling with only a backpack and the clothes on my back. This minimal lifestyle isn’t for everyone, but it’s wonderfully refreshing to collect memories instead of material items. …

Until a few years ago I hadn’t thought much about traveling. Not seriously, anyway. I was always fascinated with different cultures, countries, foods, and people. To me, traveling was what other people did. Students on gap years, people with money to go to exotic places, anyone but me. In 2015…