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Virtual Travel — the best way to travel when we can’t travel!
Hello from Boulder, CO!I hope you've all been staying healthy and happy during these crazy times. I know it's been forever since you've heard from me but I'll be honest, it's been a tough few months around here.As some of you may know, my parents live with me now...
Covid 19. Are you feeling scared? I know I am!
Hi family and friends, First, wherever you are, I hope you, your family, and loved ones are safe. I’m hunkered down in Boulder with my two beautiful kiddos and my high-risk parents. The kids and I are doing our best to keep nana and pop home, safe and...
Happy holidays from our house to yours!
Season's greetings family and friends,I love this time of year! It fills me with love, hope and gratitude!I have so many things to be grateful for – family, friends, good health, and that I have a business where I combine my two greatest passions in life – my love of...
Our Favorite Things to See and Do in China!
Are you planning your travels for next summer? Now is a great time to buy flights and book accommodations if you want to get the prices. As promised yesterday, below is my list of things to see and do in China, 'cause let's be real, the flight prices right...
More great fares to China!
Howdy friends and family,If you're thinking about taking your family on a China adventure this year, now is the time to buy the flights! I haven't seen prices this good in months! Check out this email update that just came in from Scott's Cheap Flights:...
Setting goals is essential to the success of your child’s Heritage Journey
If you’ve attended any of my workshops, you know that I talk about the need for setting goals and considering the desired outcome of a trip to your child’s birth country a LOT! Before I took my daughter to China in 2011, I had never thought in terms of...
The Birth Family Search Continues – Part 2
The birth mother search continues … Last week I talked about the journey I’ve been on with my son, Jac. Since Jac was about 6 years old, he’s been asking about his birth mother. Now that he’s 15, and after another wonderful adventure in Guatemala this summer, it seems...
The Birth Family Search Continues
Jac and I in Antigua Hello amazing family and friends! My son and I traveled to Guatemala in August and it was another wonderful trip! The big news from that trip … it seems the birth mother search might be back on. Most of you have read many of my...
Travel deeper. Travel with all your senses!
There is definitely something to be said about traveling with all your senses! It creates a much deeper and richer travel experience. I recently received a newsletter from one of my favorite travel companies (and where I worked for many years), Asia Transpacific...
It’s time to start planning your holiday travels!
I know summer is still here and kids are JUST getting back into school, but now is the time to begin planning your holiday travels.My son and I just returned from an amazing trip to Guatemala (more on that trip in the next couple of weeks) and it instilled in me once...