Please, Take Me Home With You, Will You?

The kindness I learned in my expedition to India

Home, Land, Homeland

A born itinerant’s sense of place, community, and heritage

I Promise Myself

I vividly remember the exact moment of my promise. A tingle went down my spine — I was having an “aha” moment — there is a better…

Engage/Nostalgia/Electronics

What Is Old Is New Again

You just have to wait a while

Walking 55 Miles On The Derwent Valley Heritage Way

Escaping Into the Purse

A lost connection between my mother and me

There’s this purse I…

A YEAR EXPERIENCING LIFE IN PORTUGAL

A Wonderful Month in Nazaré

In Search of My Next…

My Breast Lump Story

Don’t worry, it has a happy ending

Dispatches from Iraq

Returning to Active Duty with 1st Marine Division

An unexpected call brings me back to active duty

My Mom Was the Only Real Catholic I’ve Ever Known

It took some time for that to sink in

The Love of Long Distances

Marathon running