The Journey Of A Lifetime Takes An Entire Life – And Gives A Lot Of Love
Calvin’s Journey Calvin was born in 2011, the same year my husband died, but I didn’t meet Cal until 2014. Before I met him, his “job” was to be at my future husband’s side as he and his family transitioned through a post-divorce lifestyle, parent-child separation, and some very difficult experiences. To say these were […]
Our Sons Take An Unexpected Life Turn In Adulthood
Values We Teach Our Children As parents, we strive to impress upon our children all the beliefs and values we think are important. In general terms, they might sound like “work hard”, “be kind”, “do good”, “seek happiness”, and “be safe”. When our children were minors under our direct care, we were sometimes very specific […]
One. Two. Three. It’s An Unplanned NYC Adventure!
Omne trium perfectum. A trio of Latin words to convey a simple overarching philosophy: “Everything that comes in threes is perfect”. It was early in our camping-travel life that my husband and I heard of the camping “rule of threes”. Seasoned full-time RVers often tout the benefits of this rule: “Travel no more than 300 […]
A Family Tree Worthy Of The Love We Put Into It
“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” RICHARD DAVID BACH I am about to become a grandmother to a child with whom I share absolutely no DNA. As much as I have been interested in the cultural, ethnic, and genealogical lineage […]
Tricks And Truths About Full-Time RV Life
When things go wrong (and they will), what are ya gonna do?!? We’ve always said full-time RV travel is our happily-chosen lifestyle, but it will not be forever. Nothing in life lasts forever, actually, so this unique living arrangement would be no different. We have been “on the road” since July 2020, and we went […]
We Are All Fearfully And Wonderfully Made…
…So ACT like it. In the book of Psalms, David writes in chapter 139 verses 13 and 14: “For it was You who created my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I will praise You because I have been fearfully and wonderfully made”. The names and locations of the following retold […]
Celebrating 30 Years Of Unexpected Life And Love
Give yourself permission to allow this moment to be exactly as it is, and allow yourself to be exactly as you are. Today I acknowledge that it has been 30 years since I was first married – and I have gratitude for every year since that first day. Dave and I married on January 2, […]
A Princeton Road Trip Revisits the Simplicity of Childhood
My dear husband, Andrew, has a brief but storied past relationship with Princeton, New Jersey, and the surrounding areas, having lived in nearby Hopewell for about a year when he was five years old. His father, Ron, had obtained a job in the area and took a solo trip to the area to secure a […]
Keep It Simple With An RV Staycation – Move Less, Do More!
Summer is nearly two-thirds over already, and we have been very busy “seeing and doing”, despite the fact that we are not doing much traveling right now. It is a staycation summer for us this year, hanging out near most of our family members in Pennsylvania and Maryland instead of launching a high mileage multi-state […]
Full-Time RVing Is A Life In Phases
One of the best things about RVing, and full-time RVing in particular, is that there are endless different ways to do it! Common terms you may see are “full-time stationary”, “snowbird”, “weekend warrior” and even “full-time traveling”. They each describe the approach that camper(s) have taken for their RVing life. Within each traveling style, there […]